80_FR_60006 80 FR 59815 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-R Consortium, Inc.

80 FR 59815 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-R Consortium, Inc.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 191 (October 2, 2015)

Page Range59815-59816
FR Document2015-25063

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 191 (Friday, October 2, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 191 (Friday, October 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59815-59816]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25063]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


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

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 15, 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''), R Consortium, Inc. (``R 
Consortium'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
identities of the parties to the venture and (2) the nature and 
objectives of the 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 
to the venture are: TIBCO Software Inc., Palo Alto, CA; Oracle 
Corporation, Burlington, MA; R Foundation for Statistical Computing, 
Vienna, AUSTRIA; Google, Mountain View, CA; Mango Solutions, 
Chippenham, Wiltshire, UNITED KINGDOM; Alteryx Inc., Irvine, CA; 
RStudio Inc., Boston,

[[Page 59816]]

MA; Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA; Ketchum Trading LLC, 
Chicago, IL; and Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA.
    The general areas of R Consortium's planned activity are to: (a) 
Advance the worldwide promotion of and support for the R open source 
language and environment as the preferred language for statistical 
computing and graphics (the ``Environment''); (b) establish, maintain, 
seek support for, and develop infrastructure projects and technical and 
infrastructure collaboration initiatives related to the Environment, 
and such other initiatives as may be appropriate to support, enable and 
promote the Environment; (c) encourage and increase user adoption, 
involvement with, and contribution to, the Environment; (d) facilitate 
communication and collaboration among users and developers of the 
Environment, the R Consortium and the R Foundation; (e) support and 
maintain policies set by the Board of Directors; and (f) undertake such 
other activities as may from time to time be appropriate to further the 
purpose and achieve the goals set forth above.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-25063 Filed 10-1-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE P



                                                                                 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 191 / Friday, October 2, 2015 / Notices                                                59815

                                                    Dated: September 29, 2015.                            received prior to the meeting will be                 China would be likely to lead to
                                                  Alma Ripps,                                             provided to Council members at the                    continuation or recurrence of material
                                                  Chief, Office of Policy.                                meeting.                                              injury to an industry in the United
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–25065 Filed 10–1–15; 8:45 am]               The purpose of the meeting is to                    States within a reasonably foreseeable
                                                  BILLING CODE 4310–EE–P
                                                                                                          discuss the accomplishments of Federal                time.
                                                                                                          agencies and make recommendations on
                                                                                                                                                                Background
                                                                                                          future activities to control salinity.
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                              Council members will be briefed on the                   The Commission, pursuant to section
                                                                                                          status of salinity control activities and             751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
                                                  Bureau of Reclamation                                   receive input for drafting the Council’s              U.S.C. § 1675(c)), instituted this review
                                                                                                          annual report. The Bureau of                          on May 1, 2015 (80 FR 24968) and
                                                  [RR04084000, XXXR4081X1,
                                                                                                          Reclamation, Bureau of Land                           determined on August 4, 2015 that it
                                                  RN.20350010.REG0000]
                                                                                                          Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife                    would conduct an expedited review (80
                                                  Colorado River Basin Salinity Control                   Service, and United States Geological                 FR 50027, August 18, 2015).
                                                  Advisory Council Notice of Public                       Survey of the Department of the Interior;                The Commission made this
                                                  Meeting                                                 the Natural Resources Conservation                    determination pursuant to section
                                                                                                          Service of the Department of                          751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
                                                  AGENCY:   Bureau of Reclamation,                        Agriculture; and the Environmental                    U.S.C. § 1675(c)). It completed and filed
                                                  Interior.                                               Protection Agency will each present a                 its determination in this review on
                                                  ACTION: Notice of public meeting.                       progress report and a schedule of                     September 28, 2015. The views of the
                                                                                                          activities on salinity control in the                 Commission are contained in USITC
                                                  SUMMARY:   The Colorado River Basin                                                                           Publication 4568 (September 2015),
                                                                                                          Colorado River Basin. The Council will
                                                  Salinity Control Advisory Council                                                                             entitled Ironing Tables and Certain
                                                                                                          discuss salinity control activities, the
                                                  (Council) was established by the                                                                              Parts Thereof from China: Investigation
                                                                                                          contents of the reports, and the Basin
                                                  Colorado River Basin Salinity Control                                                                         No. 731–TA–1047 (Second Review).
                                                                                                          States Program created by Public Law
                                                  Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–320) (Act) to
                                                                                                          110–246, which amended the Act.                         By order of the Commission.
                                                  receive reports and advise Federal
                                                                                                                                                                  Issued: September 28, 2015.
                                                  agencies on implementing the Act. In                    Public Disclosure
                                                                                                                                                                William R. Bishop,
                                                  accordance with the Federal Advisory                      Before including your address, phone
                                                  Committee Act, the Bureau of                                                                                  Supervisory Hearings and Information
                                                                                                          number, email address, or other                       Officer.
                                                  Reclamation announces that the Council                  personal identifying information in your              [FR Doc. 2015–25061 Filed 10–1–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  will meet as detailed below. The                        comment, please be advised that your
                                                  meeting of the Council is open to the                                                                         BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
                                                                                                          entire comment—including your
                                                  public.                                                 personal identifying information—may
                                                  DATES: The Council will convene the                     be made publicly available at any time.               DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
                                                  meeting on Wednesday, October 28,                       While you can ask us in your comment
                                                  2015, at 1:00 p.m. and adjourn at                       to withhold your personal identifying                 Antitrust Division
                                                  approximately 5:00 p.m. The Council                     information from public review, we
                                                  will reconvene the meeting on                           cannot guarantee that we will be able to              Notice Pursuant to the National
                                                  Thursday, October 29, 2015, at 8:30 a.m.                do so.                                                Cooperative Research and Production
                                                  and adjourn the meeting at                                Dated: September 1, 2015.                           Act of 1993—R Consortium, Inc.
                                                  approximately 11:00 a.m.                                Brent Rhees,                                             Notice is hereby given that, on
                                                  ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
                                                                                                          Regional Director, Upper Colorado Region.             September 15, 2015, pursuant to Section
                                                  the Embassy Suites—Paloma Village                                                                             6(a) of the National Cooperative
                                                                                                          [FR Doc. 2015–24645 Filed 10–1–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  Hotel, 3110 East Skyline Drive, Tucson,                                                                       Research and Production Act of 1993,
                                                                                                          BILLING CODE 4332–90––P
                                                  Arizona. Send written comments to Mr.                                                                         15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), R
                                                  Kib Jacobson, Bureau of Reclamation,                                                                          Consortium, Inc. (‘‘R Consortium’’) has
                                                  Upper Colorado Regional Office, 125                                                                           filed written notifications
                                                  South State Street, Room 8100, Salt                     INTERNATIONAL TRADE
                                                                                                          COMMISSION                                            simultaneously with the Attorney
                                                  Lake City, Utah 84138–1147; telephone                                                                         General and the Federal Trade
                                                  (801) 524–3753; facsimile (801) 524–                    [Investigation No. 731–TA–1047 (Second                Commission disclosing (1) the identities
                                                  3847; email at: kjacobson@usbr.gov.                     Review)]                                              of the parties to the venture and (2) the
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kib                                                                          nature and objectives of the venture.
                                                  Jacobson, telephone (801) 524–3753;                     Ironing Tables and Certain Parts
                                                                                                          Thereof From China                                    The notifications were filed for the
                                                  facsimile (801) 524–3847; email at:                                                                           purpose of invoking the Act’s provisions
                                                  kjacobson@usbr.gov.                                     Determination                                         limiting the recovery of antitrust
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any                                                                                plaintiffs to actual damages under
                                                                                                            On the basis of the record1 developed
                                                  member of the public may file written                   in the subject five-year review, the                  specified circumstances.
                                                  statements with the Council before,                                                                              Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act,
                                                                                                          United States International Trade
                                                  during, or up to 30 days after the                                                                            the identities of the parties to the
                                                                                                          Commission (‘‘Commission’’)
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES




                                                  meeting either in person or by mail. To                                                                       venture are: TIBCO Software Inc., Palo
                                                                                                          determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of
                                                  the extent that time permits, the Council                                                                     Alto, CA; Oracle Corporation,
                                                                                                          1930, that revocation of the
                                                  chairman will allow public presentation                                                                       Burlington, MA; R Foundation for
                                                                                                          antidumping duty order on ironing
                                                  of oral comments at the meeting. To                                                                           Statistical Computing, Vienna,
                                                                                                          tables and certain parts thereof from
                                                  allow full consideration of information                                                                       AUSTRIA; Google, Mountain View, CA;
                                                  by Council members, written notice                        1 The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the     Mango Solutions, Chippenham,
                                                  must be provided at least 5 days prior                  Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19      Wiltshire, UNITED KINGDOM; Alteryx
                                                  to the meeting. Any written comments                    CFR 207.2(f)).                                        Inc., Irvine, CA; RStudio Inc., Boston,


                                             VerDate Sep<11>2014   20:43 Oct 01, 2015   Jkt 238001   PO 00000   Frm 00096   Fmt 4703   Sfmt 4703   E:\FR\FM\02OCN1.SGM   02OCN1


                                                  59816                          Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 191 / Friday, October 2, 2015 / Notices

                                                  MA; Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo                       REPUBLIC OF CHINA; ATE Enterprises,                   DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
                                                  Alto, CA; Ketchum Trading LLC,                          Ltd., High Wycombe, UNITED
                                                                                                                                                                [OMB Number 1140–0020]
                                                  Chicago, IL; and Microsoft Corporation,                 KINGDOM; Cephas Consulting Corp.,
                                                  Redmond, WA.                                            Tustin, CA; DAR Solutions L.L.C,                      Agency Information Collection
                                                     The general areas of R Consortium’s                  Rockford, IL; EA-Xperts, Mannheim,                    Activities; Proposed eCollection
                                                  planned activity are to: (a) Advance the                GERMANY; GooBiz, Cergy, FRANCE;                       eComments Requested; Firearms
                                                  worldwide promotion of and support for                  HCL Technologies, Ltd., Noida, INDIA;                 Transaction Record, Part I, Over-the-
                                                  the R open source language and                          Incepture S.a.r.l., Rabat, MOROCCO;                   Counter
                                                  environment as the preferred language                   Information Systems Audit and Control
                                                  for statistical computing and graphics                  Association, Inc., Rolling Meadows, IL;               AGENCY:  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
                                                  (the ‘‘Environment’’); (b) establish,                   New Zealand Department of Internal                    Firearms and Explosives, Department of
                                                  maintain, seek support for, and develop                 Affairs, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND;                     Justice.
                                                  infrastructure projects and technical and               Optimal Business Growth Ltd., Poole,                  ACTION: 30-day notice.
                                                  infrastructure collaboration initiatives                UNITED KINGDOM; Palm View
                                                  related to the Environment, and such                    Consulting, Whitlock, BELGUIM;                        SUMMARY:   The Department of Justice
                                                  other initiatives as may be appropriate                 Shware Systems, Port Richey, FL;                      (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
                                                  to support, enable and promote the                      Software Engineering Competence                       Firearms and Explosives (ATF), will
                                                  Environment; (c) encourage and                          Center, Giza, EGYPT; and University of                submit the following information
                                                  increase user adoption, involvement                     Luxembourg, Luxembourg,                               collection request to the Office of
                                                  with, and contribution to, the                          LUXEMBOURG, have been added as                        Management and Budget (OMB) for
                                                  Environment; (d) facilitate                             parties to this venture.                              review and approval in accordance with
                                                  communication and collaboration                                                                               the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
                                                  among users and developers of the                          Also, Aoyama Gakuin University,                    The proposed information collection
                                                  Environment, the R Consortium and the                   Tokyo, JAPAN; Architecting the                        was previously published in the Federal
                                                  R Foundation; (e) support and maintain                  Enterprise, High Wycombe, UNITED                      Register 80 FR 44999, on July 28, 2015,
                                                  policies set by the Board of Directors;                 KINGDOM; Atos International SAS,                      allowing for a 60 day comment period.
                                                  and (f) undertake such other activities as              Bezons, FRANCE; CPP Investment
                                                                                                                                                                DATES: Comments are encouraged and
                                                  may from time to time be appropriate to                 Board, Toronto, CANADA; Eflow, Inc.,
                                                                                                                                                                will be accepted for an additional 30
                                                  further the purpose and achieve the                     Shibuya-ku, JAPAN; Ericsson AB,
                                                                                                                                                                days until November 2, 2015.
                                                  goals set forth above.                                  Stockholm, SWEDEN; Estrat TI S.A. de
                                                                                                          C.V., Mexico City, MEXICO; Keio                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
                                                  Patricia A. Brink,                                      University, Kanagawa, JAPAN; Kutta                    you have additional comments
                                                  Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust                Technologies, Inc., Phoenix, AZ;                      especially on the estimated public
                                                  Division.                                               Nanfang Media Group, Guangzhou,                       burden or associated response time,
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–25063 Filed 10–1–15; 8:45 am]             PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA;                           suggestions, or need a copy of the
                                                  BILLING CODE P                                          QinetiQ NA, Stafford, VA; Silosmashers,               proposed information collection
                                                                                                          Inc., Fairfax, VA; Sony Computer                      instrument with instructions or
                                                                                                          Science Laboratories, Tokyo, JAPAN;                   additional information, please contact
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE                                   Strategic Communications, Louisville,                 Carolyn King, Firearms Industry
                                                                                                          KY; Symphony Ltd., Setagaya-ku,                       Programs Branch at
                                                  Antitrust Division                                      JAPAN; The Marlo Group, Southgate,                    FederalRegisterNoticeATFF4473@
                                                                                                          AUSTRALIA; and Universite Laval                       atf.gov. Written comments and/or
                                                  Notice Pursuant to the National                                                                               suggestions can also be directed to the
                                                  Cooperative Research and Production                     CeRTAE, Quebec, CANADA, have
                                                                                                          withdrawn as parties to this venture.                 Office of Management and Budget,
                                                  Act of 1993—The Open Group, L.L.C.                                                                            Office of Information and Regulatory
                                                                                                             No other changes have been made in                 Affairs, Attention Department of Justice
                                                    Notice is hereby given that, on                       either the membership or planned
                                                  September 9, 2015, pursuant to Section                                                                        Desk Officer, Washington DC 20503 or
                                                                                                          activity of the group research project.               send email to OIRA_submissions@
                                                  6(a) of the National Cooperative                        Membership in this group research
                                                  Research and Production Act of 1993,                                                                          omb.eop.gov.
                                                                                                          project remains open, and TOG intends
                                                  15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), The               to file additional written notifications              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:       Written
                                                  Open Group, L.L.C. (‘‘TOG’’) has filed                  disclosing all changes in membership.                 comments and suggestions from the
                                                  written notifications simultaneously                                                                          public and affected agencies concerning
                                                  with the Attorney General and the                          On April 21, 1997, TOG filed its                   the proposed collection of information
                                                  Federal Trade Commission disclosing                     original notification pursuant to Section             are encouraged. Your comments should
                                                  changes in its membership. The                          6(a) of the Act. The Department of                    address one or more of the following
                                                  notifications were filed for the purpose                Justice published a notice in the Federal             four points:
                                                  of extending the Act’s provisions                       Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the                • Evaluate whether the proposed
                                                  limiting the recovery of antitrust                      Act on June 13, 1997 (62 FR 32371).                   collection of information is necessary
                                                  plaintiffs to actual damages under                         The last notification was filed with               for the proper performance of the
                                                  specified circumstances.                                the Department on May 7, 2015. A                      functions of the agency, including
                                                    Specifically, Actica Consulting Ltd.,                 notice was published in the Federal                   whether the information will have
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES




                                                  Surrey, UNITED KINGDOM; Adept                           Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the              practical utility;
                                                  Technology Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, INDIA;                   Act on June 4, 2015 (80 FR 31921).                      • Evaluate the accuracy of the
                                                  Agency for Public Management and                                                                              agency’s estimate of the burden of the
                                                  eGovernment, Oslo, NORWAY; Alliant                      Patricia A. Brink,                                    proposed collection of information,
                                                  Techsystems Operations LLC,                             Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust              including the validity of the
                                                  Clearwater, FL; Archi Tacts, Inc.,                      Division.                                             methodology and assumptions used;
                                                  Coppell, TX; ARISE Consulting                           [FR Doc. 2015–25056 Filed 10–1–15; 8:45 am]             • Evaluate whether and if so how the
                                                  (SuZhou) Pte. Ltd., Shanghai, PEOPLE’S                  BILLING CODE P                                        quality, utility, and clarity of the


                                             VerDate Sep<11>2014   20:43 Oct 01, 2015   Jkt 238001   PO 00000   Frm 00097   Fmt 4703   Sfmt 4703   E:\FR\FM\02OCN1.SGM   02OCN1



Document Created: 2015-12-15 08:45:34
Document Modified: 2015-12-15 08:45:34
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
FR Citation80 FR 59815 

2024 Federal Register | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy
USC | CFR | eCFR