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

Patricia A. Brink
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
21 May 2018

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 98 (Monday, May 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 23486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10698]


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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 April 13, 2018, 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, Sinopec Research 
Institute of Petroleum Processing, Beijing, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, 
has been added as a party to this venture.
    Also, Caterpillar Inc., Lafayette, IN; Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN; 
and Infineum USA L.P., Linden, NJ, have withdrawn as parties to this 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 21, 
2016. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on December 13, 2016 (81 FR 89991).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-10698 Filed 5-18-18; 8:45 am]
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