[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 32370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15503]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993 ``CWRT''--Biofiltration Research Project
Notice is hereby given that, on April 28, 1997, pursuant to Section
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Center for Waste
Reduction Technologies (``CWRT'') filed notifications simultaneously
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing
(1) the identities of the parties and (2) the nature and objectives of
the joint 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 are Center for
Waste Reduction Technologies, New York, NY; American Institute of
Chemical Engineers, New York, NY; CH2M Hill, Inc., Englewood, CO; Cytec
Industries Inc., West Patterson, NJ; The Dow Chemical Company, Midland,
MI; General Electric Corporation, Schenectady, NY; Merck & Company,
Whitehouse Station, NJ; Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co., St.
Paul, MN; Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO; Owens Corning, Toledo, OH;
Rhone-Poulenc North America, Monmouth Junction, NJ, owned by Phone-
Poulenc S.A., Cedex, FRANCE; Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, PA;
and Union Carbide Corporation, Danbury, CT.
The nature and objectives of this venture are to secure, assemble,
digest, and eventually convert into useful form, data on biofiltration
and other processes used or useful to treat air streams containing
volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and to evaluate biofiltration and
other processes as energy-efficient and low waste alternatives for
treating dilute vent streams. This project may proceed through one or
more phases depending upon the research results secured and the
determination of the participants.
Participation in this joint venture will remain open, and the
participants intend to file additional written notifications disclosing
all changes in membership. Information regarding participation in this
joint venture may be obtained from the Center for Waste Reduction
Technologies, 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017-2395.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-15503 Filed 6-12-97; 8:45 am]
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