[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 241 (Tuesday, December 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74767-74768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29410]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993; National Shipbuilding Research Program

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 5, 2014, 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 Shipbuilding 
Research Program (``NSRP'') 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, Huntington Ingalls Incorporated's, 
Avondale, LA, shipyard has withdrawn as a party to this venture.
    In addition, the nature and objective of the venture has been 
revised to establish collaborative research efforts of limited duration 
to manage and focus national shipbuilding and ship repair research and 
development funding on technologies and processes that will reduce the 
total ownership cost of ships for the U.S. Navy, other national 
security customers and the commercial sectors and develop and leverage 
best commercial and naval practices to improve efficiency of the U.S. 
shipbuilding and ship repair industry. The venture also provides a 
collaborative framework to improve shipbuilding-related technical and 
business processes.
    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 NSRP intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On March 13, 1998, NSRP 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 January 
29, 1999 (64 FR 4708).

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    The last notification was filed with the Department on December 20, 
2011. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on January 20, 2012 (77 FR 3007).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-29410 Filed 12-15-14; 8:45 am]
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