Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--Clean Highly Efficient Decarbonized Engines Publication: Federal Register Department: Justice Byline: Suzanne Morris Date: 6 February 2024 Subjects: American Government , The Environment

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 8243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02262]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Clean Highly Efficient Decarbonized Engines

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 4, 2024, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Clean Highly Efficient 
Decarbonized Engines (``CHEDE-9'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties to the venture 
and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. 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 identities of the parties 
to the venture are: Afton Chemical, Richmond, VA; Caterpillar, Inc., 
Peoria, IL; Deere and Company, Cedar Falls, IA; Eaton, Marshall, MI; 
Isuzu, Tokyo, JAPAN; Superturbo Technologies, Loveland, CO; Tenneco, 
Plymouth, MI; Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, GERMANY; Volvo 
Powertrain North America, Hagerstown, MD; WABTEC, Pittsburgh, PA; 
Weichai Power Co. Ltd., Shandong, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Yuchai, 
Guangxi, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Toyota Industries Corporation, 
Aichi, JAPAN; and HD Hyundai Infracore, Incheon, KOREA. The general 
area of CHEDE-9's planned activity is to develop new and novel 
technologies that provide clean and efficient decarbonized powertrain 
solutions; to provide a collaborative environment for evaluation of 
advanced decarbonized engine and aftertreatment technology to meet the 
goals of GHG emissions of 35% to 50% below model year 2024 products and 
NOx to remain below one part per million at the tailpipe.

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-02262 Filed 2-5-24; 8:45 am]
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