Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--Cooperative Research Group on Advanced Engine Fluids

Patricia A. Brink
Department of Justice
13 December 2016

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 89991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29874]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Cooperative Research Group on Advanced Engine 
Fluids

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 21, 2016, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Southwest Research 
Institute--Cooperative Research Group on Advanced Engine Fluids 
(``AEF'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in 
its membership. The notifications were filed for the purpose of 
extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Specifically, Afton Chemical Corporation, Richmond, VA, has withdrawn 
as a party to this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and AEF intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On March 20, 2015, AEF filed its original notification pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a notice 
in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on April 
22, 2015 (80 FR 22551).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on October 26, 
2015. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on December 2, 2015 (80 FR 75469).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-29874 Filed 12-12-16; 8:45 am]
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