[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 39 (Friday, February 27, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 10040] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-5013] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Antitrust Division Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993; Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium Notice is hereby given that, on January 15, 1998, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium (``ALABC''), a program of International Lead Zinc Research Organization, Inc., filed written notification simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. The notification was filed for the purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN; Dowa Mining Co., Tokyo, JAPAN, FIAMM SpA, Montecchio, ITALY; Industrial Technical Research Institute, TAIWAN, R.O.C.; Matsushita, Osaka, JAPAN; Metaleurop Recherche, Fontenay-sous-Bois Cedex, FRANCE; Mitsubishi Materials Corp., Saitma, JAPAN; Nippon Mining & Metals, Tokyo, JAPAN; Shin Kobe Electric Machine, Tokyo, JAPAN; and Teledyne Continential Motors, Redlands, CA have withdrawn from the ALABC. No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned activity of the Consortium. Membership in the Consortium remains open and ALABC intends to file additional written notification disclosing any future changes in membership. On June 15, 1992, the ALABC 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 July 29, 1992, 57 FR 33522. The last notification was filed with the Department on July 24, 1997. A notice was published in the Federal Register on October 16, 1997, 62 FR 62074. Constance K. Robinson, Director of Operations, Antitrust Division. [FR Doc. 98-5013 Filed 2-26-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-11-M