80_FR_26385 80 FR 26297 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-ODVA, Inc.

80 FR 26297 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-ODVA, Inc.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 88 (May 7, 2015)

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FR Document2015-11007

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 88 (Thursday, May 7, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 88 (Thursday, May 7, 2015)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--ODVA, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 14, 2015, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), ODVA, Inc. (``ODVA'') 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, Bedrock Automation

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Platforms, Inc., San Jose, CA; Control Technology Inc., Knoxville, TN; 
High Grade Controls Corporation, Sudbury, Ontario, CANADA; Jenny 
Science AG, Rain, SWITZERLAND; PCN Technology, Inc., San Diego, CA; 
Prozess Technologie, Inc., St. Louis, MO; and Welding Technology Corp., 
Farmington Hills, MI, have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Conxall Corporation Inc., Chicago, IL; FieldServer 
Technologies (Div Sierra Monitor Corporation), Milpitas, CA; New Age 
Micro, Mansfield, MA; Power Electronics S.L., Paterna, SPAIN, UNIPULSE 
Corporation, Koshigaya City, JAPAN; and Warwick Instruments, London, 
UNITED KINGDOM, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.
    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 ODVA intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On June 21, 1995, ODVA 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 February 
15, 1996 (61 FR 6039).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on January 20, 
2015. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on February 17, 2015 (80 FR 8348).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
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                                                     Background.—The final phase of                       reapply for such access. A separate                   factual information and must otherwise
                                                  these investigations is being scheduled                 service list will be maintained by the                comply with section 207.30 of the
                                                  pursuant to sections 705(b) and 731(b)                  Secretary for those parties authorized to             Commission’s rules. All written
                                                  of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.                    receive BPI under the APO.                            submissions must conform with the
                                                  1671d(b) and 1673d(b)), as a result of                     Staff report.—The prehearing staff                 provisions of section 201.8 of the
                                                  affirmative preliminary determinations                  report in the final phase of these                    Commission’s rules; any submissions
                                                  by the Department of Commerce that                      investigations will be placed in the                  that contain BPI must also conform with
                                                  certain benefits which constitute                       nonpublic record on July 29, 2015, and                the requirements of sections 201.6,
                                                  subsidies within the meaning of section                 a public version will be issued                       207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission’s
                                                  703 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b) are                    thereafter, pursuant to section 207.22 of             rules. The Commission’s Handbook on
                                                  being provided to manufacturers,                        the Commission’s rules.                               E-Filing, available on the Commission’s
                                                  producers, or exporters in China of                        Hearing.—The Commission will hold                  Web site at http://edis.usitc.gov,
                                                  boltless steel shelving units                           a hearing in connection with the final                elaborates upon the Commission’s rules
                                                  prepackaged for sale, and that such                     phase of these investigations beginning               with respect to electronic filing.
                                                  products are being sold in the United                   at 9:30 a.m. on August 13, 2015, at the                 Additional written submissions to the
                                                  States at less than fair value within the               U.S. International Trade Commission                   Commission, including requests
                                                  meaning of section 733 of the Act (19                   Building. Requests to appear at the                   pursuant to section 201.12 of the
                                                  U.S.C. 1673b). The investigations were                  hearing should be filed in writing with               Commission’s rules, shall not be
                                                  requested in petitions filed on August                  the Secretary to the Commission on or                 accepted unless good cause is shown for
                                                  26, 2014, by Edsal Manufacturing Co.,                   before August 7, 2015. A nonparty who                 accepting such submissions, or unless
                                                  Inc., Chicago, Illinois.                                has testimony that may aid the                        the submission is pursuant to a specific
                                                     For further information concerning                   Commission’s deliberations may request                request by a Commissioner or
                                                  the conduct of this phase of the                        permission to present a short statement               Commission staff.
                                                  investigations, hearing procedures, and                 at the hearing. All parties and                         In accordance with sections 201.16(c)
                                                  rules of general application, consult the               nonparties desiring to appear at the                  and 207.3 of the Commission’s rules,
                                                  Commission’s Rules of Practice and                      hearing and make oral presentations                   each document filed by a party to the
                                                  Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B                   should participate in a prehearing                    investigations must be served on all
                                                  (19 CFR part 201), and part 207,                        conference to be held on Tuesday,                     other parties to the investigations (as
                                                  subparts A and C (19 CFR part 207).                     August 11, 2015, if deemed necessary.                 identified by either the public or BPI
                                                     Participation in the investigations and              Oral testimony and written materials to               service list), and a certificate of service
                                                  public service list.—Persons, including                 be submitted at the public hearing are                must be timely filed. The Secretary will
                                                  industrial users of the subject                         governed by sections 201.6(b)(2),                     not accept a document for filing without
                                                  merchandise and, if the merchandise is                  201.13(f), and 207.24 of the                          a certificate of service.
                                                  sold at the retail level, representative                Commission’s rules. Parties must submit                 Authority: These investigations are being
                                                  consumer organizations, wishing to                      any request to present a portion of their             conducted under authority of title VII of the
                                                  participate in the final phase of these                 hearing testimony in camera no later                  Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published
                                                  investigations as parties must file an                  than 7 business days prior to the date of             pursuant to section 207.21 of the
                                                  entry of appearance with the Secretary                  the hearing.                                          Commission’s rules.
                                                  to the Commission, as provided in                          Written submissions.—Each party                      By order of the Commission.
                                                  section 201.11 of the Commission’s                      who is an interested party shall submit                 Issued: May 1, 2015.
                                                  rules, no later than 21 days prior to the               a prehearing brief to the Commission.                 Lisa R. Barton,
                                                  hearing date specified in this notice. A                Prehearing briefs must conform with the
                                                                                                                                                                Secretary to the Commission.
                                                  party that filed a notice of appearance                 provisions of section 207.23 of the
                                                                                                                                                                [FR Doc. 2015–10627 Filed 5–6–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  during the preliminary phase of the                     Commission’s rules; the deadline for
                                                                                                          filing is August 5, 2015. Parties may also            BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
                                                  investigations need not file an
                                                  additional notice of appearance during                  file written testimony in connection
                                                  this final phase. The Secretary will                    with their presentation at the hearing, as
                                                  maintain a public service list containing               provided in section 207.24 of the                     DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
                                                  the names and addresses of all persons,                 Commission’s rules, and posthearing
                                                                                                          briefs, which must conform with the                   Antitrust Division
                                                  or their representatives, who are parties
                                                  to the investigations.                                  provisions of section 207.25 of the                   Notice Pursuant to the National
                                                     Limited disclosure of business                       Commission’s rules. The deadline for                  Cooperative Research and Production
                                                  proprietary information (BPI) under an                  filing posthearing briefs is Thursday,                Act of 1993—ODVA, Inc.
                                                  administrative protective order (APO)                   August 20, 2015. In addition, any
                                                  and BPI service list.—Pursuant to                       person who has not entered an                            Notice is hereby given that, on April
                                                  section 207.7(a) of the Commission’s                    appearance as a party to the                          14, 2015, pursuant to section 6(a) of the
                                                  rules, the Secretary will make BPI                      investigations may submit a written                   National Cooperative Research and
                                                  gathered in the final phase of these                    statement of information pertinent to                 Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301
                                                  investigations available to authorized                  the subject of the investigations,                    et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), ODVA, Inc.
                                                  applicants under the APO issued in the                  including statements of support or                    (‘‘ODVA’’) has filed written notifications
                                                  investigations, provided that the                       opposition to the petition, on or before              simultaneously with the Attorney
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                                                  application is made no later than 21                    August 20, 2015. On September 9, 2015,                General and the Federal Trade
                                                  days prior to the hearing date specified                the Commission will make available to                 Commission disclosing changes in its
                                                  in this notice. Authorized applicants                   parties all information on which they                 membership. The notifications were
                                                  must represent interested parties, as                   have not had an opportunity to                        filed for the purpose of extending the
                                                  defined by 19 U.S.C. 1677(9), who are                   comment. Parties may submit final                     Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of
                                                  parties to the investigations. A party                  comments on this information on or                    antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages
                                                  granted access to BPI in the preliminary                before September 11, 2015, but such                   under specified circumstances.
                                                  phase of the investigations need not                    final comments must not contain new                   Specifically, Bedrock Automation


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                                                  Platforms, Inc., San Jose, CA; Control                  under specified circumstances.                        project remains open, and Advanced
                                                  Technology Inc., Knoxville, TN; High                    Specifically, Nivis LLC, Atlanta, GA,                 Media Workflow Association, Inc.
                                                  Grade Controls Corporation, Sudbury,                    has withdrawn as a party to this                      intends to file additional written
                                                  Ontario, CANADA; Jenny Science AG,                      venture.                                              notifications disclosing all changes in
                                                  Rain, SWITZERLAND; PCN Technology,                         No other changes have been made in                 membership.
                                                  Inc., San Diego, CA; Prozess                            either the membership or planned                        On March 28, 2000, Advanced Media
                                                  Technologie, Inc., St. Louis, MO; and                   activity of the group research project.               Workflow Association, Inc. filed its
                                                  Welding Technology Corp., Farmington                    Membership in this group research                     original notification pursuant to section
                                                  Hills, MI, have been added as parties to                project remains open, and WITEK                       6(a) of the Act. The Department of
                                                  this venture.                                           intends to file additional written                    Justice published a notice in the Federal
                                                     Also, Conxall Corporation Inc.,                      notifications disclosing all changes in               Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the
                                                  Chicago, IL; FieldServer Technologies                   membership.                                           Act on June 29, 2000 (65 FR 40127).
                                                  (Div Sierra Monitor Corporation),                          On August 8, 2008, WITEK filed its                   The last notification was filed with
                                                  Milpitas, CA; New Age Micro,                            original notification pursuant to section             the Department on December 23, 2014.
                                                  Mansfield, MA; Power Electronics S.L.,                  6(a) of the Act. The Department of                    A notice was published in the Federal
                                                  Paterna, SPAIN, UNIPULSE                                Justice published a notice in the Federal             Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the
                                                  Corporation, Koshigaya City, JAPAN;                     Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the              Act on February 6, 2015 (80 FR 6768).
                                                  and Warwick Instruments, London,                        Act on September 18, 2008 (73 FR                      Patricia A. Brink,
                                                  UNITED KINGDOM, have withdrawn as                       54170).                                               Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust
                                                  parties to this venture.                                   The last notification was filed with               Division.
                                                     No other changes have been made in                   the Department on September 25, 2012.
                                                                                                                                                                [FR Doc. 2015–11019 Filed 5–6–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  either the membership or planned                        A notice was published in the Federal
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                                                  activity of the group research project.                 Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the
                                                  Membership in this group research                       Act on October 18, 2012 (77 FR 64128).
                                                  project remains open, and ODVA                          Patricia A. Brink,                                    DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
                                                  intends to file additional written
                                                                                                          Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust
                                                  notifications disclosing all changes in                 Division.                                             Notice of Lodging of Stipulation and
                                                  membership.                                                                                                   Proposed Order Under the
                                                                                                          [FR Doc. 2015–11021 Filed 5–6–15; 8:45 am]
                                                     On June 21, 1995, ODVA filed its                                                                           Comprehensive Environmental
                                                                                                          BILLING CODE P
                                                  original notification pursuant to section                                                                     Response, Compensation, and Liability
                                                  6(a) of the Act. The Department of                                                                            Act
                                                  Justice published a notice in the Federal
                                                                                                          DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE                                    On May 1, 2015, the Department of
                                                  Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the
                                                  Act on February 15, 1996 (61 FR 6039).                                                                        Justice lodged a Stipulation and
                                                                                                          Antitrust Division                                    Proposed Order Amending the
                                                     The last notification was filed with
                                                  the Department on January 20, 2015. A                                                                         Requirements Set Forth in Paragraph
                                                                                                          Notice Pursuant to the National
                                                  notice was published in the Federal                                                                           13(c) of the Consent Decree
                                                                                                          Cooperative Research and Production
                                                  Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the                                                                      (‘‘Stipulation and Proposed Order’’)
                                                                                                          Act of 1993—Advanced Media
                                                  Act on February 17, 2015 (80 FR 8348).                                                                        with the United States District Court for
                                                                                                          Workflow Association, Inc.
                                                                                                                                                                the Southern District of Ohio in the
                                                  Patricia A. Brink,                                         Notice is hereby given that, on March              lawsuit entitled United States of
                                                  Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust                31, 2015, pursuant to section 6(a) of the             America v. Elsa Morgan-Skinner, et al,
                                                  Division.                                               National Cooperative Research and                     1:00–cv–424.
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–11007 Filed 5–6–15; 8:45 am]              Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301                   In its February 21, 2001, amended
                                                  BILLING CODE P                                          et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Advanced Media                 complaint in this action, brought under
                                                                                                          Workflow Association, Inc. has filed                  Sections 106 and 107(a) of the
                                                                                                          written notifications simultaneously                  Comprehensive Environmental
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE                                   with the Attorney General and the                     Response. Compensation, and Liability
                                                                                                          Federal Trade Commission disclosing                   Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), the
                                                  Antitrust Division                                                                                            United States sought: (1)
                                                                                                          changes in its membership. The
                                                                                                          notifications were filed for the purpose              Reimbursement of costs incurred by the
                                                  Notice Pursuant to the National
                                                                                                          of extending the Act’s provisions                     United States for response actions at the
                                                  Cooperative Research and Production
                                                                                                          limiting the recovery of antitrust                    Skinner Landfill Superfund Site in West
                                                  Act of 1993—Wireless Industrial
                                                                                                          plaintiffs to actual damages under                    Chester, Ohio (‘‘Site’’); and (2)
                                                  Technology Konsortium, Inc.
                                                                                                          specified circumstances. Specifically,                performance of response work. On April
                                                     Notice is hereby given that, on April                Ericcson Broadcast & Media Services,                  3, 2001, the Court entered a Consent
                                                  2, 2015, pursuant to section 6(a) of the                London, UNITED KINGDOM; and SDVI                      Decree that required the Settling
                                                  National Cooperative Research and                       Corporation, Menlo Park, CA, have been                Generator/Transporter Defendants to
                                                  Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301                  added as parties to this venture.                     conduct a remedial action at the Site. In
                                                  et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Wireless Industrial                 Also, National Archives & Records                  particular, Paragraph 13(c) of the
                                                  Technology Konsortium, Inc.                             Administration, College Park, MD; San                 Consent Decree required the
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                                                  (‘‘WITEK’’) has filed written                           Solutions, Inc., Reno, NV; and Lawrence               construction of an upgradient
                                                  notifications simultaneously with the                   R. Kaplan (individual member), Menlo                  groundwater control system if the
                                                  Attorney General and the Federal Trade                  Park, CA, have withdrawn as parties to                Environmental Protection Agency
                                                  Commission disclosing changes in its                    this venture.                                         (‘‘EPA’’) determined that there would be
                                                  membership. The notifications were                         No other changes have been made in                 prolonged contact between groundwater
                                                  filed for the purpose of extending the                  either the membership or planned                      and waste material at the Site. Although
                                                  Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of               activity of the group research project.               monitoring established that such contact
                                                  antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages                  Membership in this group research                     existed, EPA has determined that


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