04-23780. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-National Ground Water Association

Notice is hereby given that, on September 9, 2004, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), National Ground Water Association (“NGWA”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of business of the standards development organization and (2) the nature and scope of its standards development activities. The notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.

Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place of business of the standards development organization is: National Ground Water Association, Westerville, OH. The nature and scope of NGWA's standards development activities are: Developing consensus manuals and guidelines for conducting practices related to the production, protection, management and remediation of ground water.

Dorothy B. Fountain,

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.