[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 27351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11454]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--National Biodiesel Accreditation Commission

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 14, 2011, 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 Biodiesel Accreditation 
Commission (``NBAC'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
additions or changes to its standards development activities. 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, the NBAC has 
amended various aspects of its BQ-9000 standard in several ways, 
including, but not limited to, the following: The Producer Standard now 
requires reporting of significant process changes; adds more specific 
requirements for product homogeneity and sampling; codifies several 
previously informal policies; and implements a weighted ranking system. 
The Marketer Standard is amended to answer questions about operating 
multiple facilities; adds an oxidation stability reporting requirement; 
addresses a marketer functioning as a broker; creates exceptions for 
blends of 399 and higher; codifies several previously informal 
policies; implements a weighted ranking system; and adds a provision 
for external laboratory verification.
    On August 27, 2004, NBAC 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 
October 4, 2004 (69 FR 59269).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on May 15, 
2009. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on July 17, 2009 (74 FR 34788).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-11454 Filed 5-10-11; 8:45 am]
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