81_FR_516 81 FR 513 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-ASTM International Standards

81 FR 513 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-ASTM International Standards

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 3 (January 6, 2016)

Page Range513-514
FR Document2015-33268

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 513-514]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-33268]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--ASTM International Standards

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 11, 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''), ASTM International 
(``ASTM'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing additions 
or changes to its standards development activities. 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, ASTM has provided an updated list of 
current, ongoing ASTM standards activities originating between 
September 2015 and December 2015 designated as Work Items. A complete 
listing of ASTM Work Items along with a brief description of each, is 
available at http://www.astm.org.

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    On September 15, 2004, ASTM 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 November 10, 2004 (69 FR 65226).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on September 
14, 2015. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on October 9, 2015 (80 FR 61236).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
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                                                  Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the                Air, MD; First Line Technology,                        CA; Ubiquitome Limited, Auckland,
                                                  Act on July 29, 2015 (90 FR 45234).                     Chantilly, VA; General Dynamics                        NEW ZEALAND; University of Florida
                                                                                                          Information Technology, San Diego, CA;                 Institute for Therapeutic Innovation,
                                                  Patricia A. Brink,
                                                                                                          GeoVax Labs, Inc., Smyrna, GA; Ginkgo                  Gainesville, FL; University of Nebraska
                                                  Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust                                                                       Medical Center—Department of
                                                  Division.
                                                                                                          BioWorks, Boston, MA; Goldbelt Raven,
                                                                                                          LLC, Herndon, VA; Hackensack                           Pathology and Microbiology, Omaha,
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–33267 Filed 1–5–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          University Medical Center, Hackensack,                 NE; University of North Texas Health
                                                  BILLING CODE P                                                                                                 Sciences Center, Fort Worth, TX;
                                                                                                          NJ; iBio, Inc., New York, NY; IIT
                                                                                                          Research Institute, Chicago, IL; Immune                University of Pittsburgh—Center for
                                                                                                          Biosolutions, Inc., Québec, CANADA;                   Military Medicine Research, Pittsburgh,
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
                                                                                                          Inficon, East Syracuse, NY; Integrated                 PA; and Vaxess Technologies, Inc.,
                                                  Antitrust Division                                      BioTherapeutics, Inc., Gaithersburg,                   Cambridge, MA. The general area of
                                                                                                          MD; InvivoSciences Inc., Madison, WI;                  NCBDC’s planned activity is advanced
                                                  Notice Pursuant to the National                         Jade Therapeutics, Inc., Salt Lake City,               development efforts to support the
                                                  Cooperative Research and Production                     UT; JRAD, Stafford, VA; KD Analytical,                 Department of Defense’s medical
                                                  Act of 1993—National Chemical &                         Harrisburg, PA; Kestrel Corporation,                   pharmaceutical and diagnostic
                                                  Biological Defense Consortium                           Albuquerque, NM; Kinnear                               requirements as related to enhancing the
                                                                                                          Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Columbus, OH;                    mission effectiveness of military
                                                    Notice is hereby given that, on                                                                              personnel through (i) detection—
                                                  November 13, 2015, pursuant to section                  Kiyatec, Greenville, SC; L–3
                                                                                                          Communications, New York, NY;                          systems and devices to identify CBRN
                                                  6(a) of the National Cooperative                                                                               (Chemical Biological Radiological and
                                                  Research and Production Act of 1993,                    Latham BioPharm Group, Inc., Maynard,
                                                                                                          MA; Luminex Corporation, Austin, TX;                   Nuclear) agents and assist in making
                                                  15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’),                                                                          medical decisions; (ii) prevention—
                                                  National Chemical & Biological Defense                  MainStream Global Solutions, Robins,
                                                                                                          IA; Mapp Biopharmaceutical, Inc., San                  prophylaxis, pretreatment, and post-
                                                  Consortium (‘‘NCBDC’’) has filed                                                                               exposure prophylaxis; (iii) treatment—
                                                  written notifications simultaneously                    Diego, CA; MaxCyte, Inc., Gaithersburg,
                                                                                                                                                                 therapeutics (post-exposure, post-
                                                  with the Attorney General and the                       MD; Med-Ally, Canton, CT; MedPro
                                                                                                                                                                 symptomatic); and (iv) chemical—
                                                  Federal Trade Commission disclosing                     Technologies, LLC, San Antonio, TX;
                                                                                                                                                                 medical protection against use of
                                                  (1) the identities of the parties to the                Mesa Science Associates Inc., Frederick,
                                                                                                                                                                 chemical agents.
                                                  venture and (2) the nature and                          MD; Michael T. Brown Consulting, LLC,
                                                  objectives of the venture. The                          Austin, TX; Microbial Robotics, LLC,                   Patricia A. Brink,
                                                  notifications were filed for the purpose                Covington, KY; Mike Sellers &                          Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust
                                                  of invoking the Act’s provisions limiting               Associates, Beavercreek, OH; MLT                       Division.
                                                  the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to                 Systems, Stafford, VA; MRI Global,                     [FR Doc. 2015–33266 Filed 1–5–16; 8:45 am]
                                                  actual damages under specified                          Kansas City, MO; Nanotherapeutics,                     BILLING CODE P
                                                  circumstances.                                          Inc., Alachua, FL; New York Blood
                                                    Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the              Center Inc., New York, NY; Novici
                                                  identities of the parties to the venture                Biotech LLC, Vacaville, CA; Novozymes,                 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
                                                  are: AbViro LLC, Bethesda, MD;                          Inc., Franklinton, NC; OrPro
                                                  Advanced Nuclear Devices Corporation,                   Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA;                     Antitrust Division
                                                  Hilton Head Island, SC; Aequor, Inc.,                   Parsons, Washington, DC; Pertexa,
                                                                                                                                                                 Notice Pursuant to the National
                                                  Oceanside, CA; Aeterna Zentaris,                        Ridgecrest, CA; Philips, Foster City, CA;
                                                                                                                                                                 Cooperative Research and Production
                                                  Québec, CANADA; AIBiotech,                             PrEP Biopharm, Rumson, NJ; Purdue
                                                                                                                                                                 Act of 1993—ASTM International
                                                  Richmond, VA; Allied Technologies &                     University, West Lafayette, IN;
                                                                                                                                                                 Standards
                                                  Consulting, LLC, Frederick, MD; AMH                     QuickSilver Analytics, Belcamp, MD;
                                                  Consulting, Potomac, MD; AntibioTx                      Quintiles, Durham, NC; Rapid Pathogen                     Notice is hereby given that, on
                                                  ApS, H<rsholm, DENMARK; Approach                        Screening, Inc. (RPS), Sarasota, FL;                   December 11, 2015, pursuant to section
                                                  Robotics, Ridgecrest, CA; Aradigm                       Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Salt Lake                   6(a) of the National Cooperative
                                                  Corporation, Hayward, CA; Artificial                    City, UT; RTI International, Coraopolis,               Research and Production Act of 1993,
                                                  Cell Technologies, Inc., New Haven, CT;                 PA; San Diego State University, San                    15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’),
                                                  BalinBac Therapeutics, Inc., Princeton,                 Diego, CA; Science Applications                        ASTM International (‘‘ASTM’’) has filed
                                                  NJ; Battelle Memorial Institute,                        International Corporation, McLean, VA;                 written notifications simultaneously
                                                  Columbus, OH; BioFactura, Inc.,                         SciTech Services Inc., Havre De Grace,                 with the Attorney General and the
                                                  Frederick, MD; BioStat Solutions, Inc.,                 MD; Shield Analysis Technology, LLC,                   Federal Trade Commission disclosing
                                                  Frederick, MD; Burrell International                    Manassas, VA; SIGA Technologies, Inc.,                 additions or changes to its standards
                                                  Group, LLC, Frederick, MD; CACI,                        New York, NY; Signature Science,                       development activities. The
                                                  Arlington, VA; CFD Research                             Austin, TX; Smart Consulting Group,                    notifications were filed for the purpose
                                                  Corporation, Huntsville, AL;                            LLC, West Chester, PA; Southern                        of extending the Act’s provisions
                                                  CONTINUUS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,                        Research Institute, Birmingham, AL;                    limiting the recovery of antitrust
                                                  Woburn, MA; Creare LLC, Hanover, NH;                    Southwest Research Institute, San                      plaintiffs to actual damages under
                                                  CSC Government Solutions LLC, Falls                     Antonio, TX; Spero Therapeutics,                       specified circumstances. Specifically,
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                                                  Church, VA; CUBRC, Inc., Buffalo, NY;                   Cambridge, MA; SRI International,                      ASTM has provided an updated list of
                                                  DALI Medical Devices Ltd., Yavne,                       Princeton, NJ; Strategic Solutions                     current, ongoing ASTM standards
                                                  ISRAEL; Design West Technologies Inc.,                  Integrated, Arlington, VA; TDA                         activities originating between
                                                  Tustin, CA; Draper Laboratory,                          Research, Inc., Wheat Ridge, CO;                       September 2015 and December 2015
                                                  Cambridge, MA; Eagle Applied Science,                   Tetracore, Inc., Rockville, MD; Texas                  designated as Work Items. A complete
                                                  San Antonio, TX; Emergent, Inc., North                  A&M, Bryan, TX; TheraSource LLC,                       listing of ASTM Work Items along with
                                                  Charleston, SC; Equivital Inc., New                     Roslyn, NY; Trideum, Huntsville, AL;                   a brief description of each, is available
                                                  York, NY; EZ–A Consulting, LLC, Bel                     TriLink BioTechnologies, San Diego,                    at http://www.astm.org.


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                                                     On September 15, 2004, ASTM filed                    PTM&W Industries Inc.; Quaker                            ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC
                                                  its original notification pursuant to                   Chemical Corporation; Rathon Corp.;                      20044–7611.
                                                  section 6(a) of the Act. The Department                 Shell Chemical LP; Shell Oil Company;                      Please enclose a check or money order
                                                  of Justice published a notice in the                    SOCO West, Inc.; Southern California                     for $145.50 (25 cents per page
                                                  Federal Register pursuant to section                    Edison; Southern Counties Oil Co.; Sta-                  reproduction cost × 582 pages) payable
                                                  6(b) of the Act on November 10, 2004                    Lube LLC f/k/a Sta-Lube, Inc.; Stuarts’                  to the United States Treasury. For a
                                                  (69 FR 65226).                                          Petroleum; Texaco Downstream                             paper copy without the exhibits and
                                                     The last notification was filed with                 Properties Inc.; The Boeing Company;                     signature pages, the cost is $24.00 (25
                                                  the Department on September 14, 2015.                   The Valspar Corporation; Union Oil                       cents per page reproduction cost × 96
                                                  A notice was published in the Federal                   Company of California; and Univar USA                    pages)
                                                  Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the                Inc.
                                                  Act on October 9, 2015 (80 FR 61236).                      The complaint names the above-listed                  Maureen Katz,
                                                                                                          companies as Defendants based on their                   Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
                                                  Patricia A. Brink,                                                                                               Enforcement Section, Environment and
                                                                                                          business relationship with the Cooper
                                                  Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust                                                                         Natural Resources Division.
                                                                                                          Drum Company which operated a drum
                                                  Division.                                                                                                        [FR Doc. 2015–33194 Filed 1–5–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          reconditioning business at the Site and
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–33268 Filed 1–5–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          which accepted drums from each                           BILLING CODE 4410–15–P
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                                                                                                          Defendant that contained residues of
                                                                                                          hazardous substances. The Complaint
                                                                                                          also seeks declaratory relief for all                    DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
                                                                                                          future costs to be incurred. The Consent
                                                                                                          Decree resolves these claims through the                 Office of the Secretary
                                                  Notice of Lodging of Proposed
                                                  Consent Decree Under the                                payment of $5,539,266 to the United
                                                                                                          States and $53,599 to the State of                       National Advisory Committee for Labor
                                                  Comprehensive Environmental                                                                                      Provisions of U.S. Free Trade
                                                  Response, Compensation, and Liability                   California in partial recovery of
                                                                                                          response costs. In addition, the                         Agreements; Notice of Open Meeting
                                                  Act (‘‘CERCLA’’)
                                                                                                          Defendants are obligated under the                       AGENCY:  Bureau of International Labor
                                                  AGENCY: Department of Justice.                          Consent Decree to reimburse the United                   Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor.
                                                  ACTION: Notice.                                         States and the State of California for all               ACTION: Notice of open meeting,
                                                                                                          future response costs and to perform the                 February 2, 2016.
                                                  SUMMARY:    On December 29, 2015, the                   remedial action that EPA selected for
                                                  Department of Justice lodged a proposed                 the Site. In return, the United States and               SUMMARY:   Pursuant to the Federal
                                                  Consent Decree with the United States                   the State of California agree not to sue                 Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as
                                                  District Court for the Central District of              the Defendants under sections 106 and                    amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, the Office of
                                                  California, Western Division, in the                    107 of CERCLA.                                           Trade and Labor Affairs (OTLA) gives
                                                  lawsuit entitled United States and State                   The publication of this notice opens                  notice of a meeting of the National
                                                  of California Department of Toxic                       a period for public comment on the                       Advisory Committee for Labor
                                                  Substances Control v. AC Products, Inc.,                Consent Decree. Comments should be                       Provisions of U.S. Free Trade
                                                  et al. Civil Action No. 2:15–cv–09931.                  addressed to the Assistant Attorney                      Agreements (‘‘Committee’’ or ‘‘NAC’’),
                                                     The United States and the State of                   General, Environment and Natural                         which was established by the Secretary
                                                  California filed this lawsuit under the                 Resources Division, and should refer to                  of Labor. The purpose of the meeting is
                                                  Comprehensive Environmental                             United States and State of California                    to discuss the implementation of the
                                                  Response, Compensation, and Liability                   Department of Toxic Substances Control                   labor provisions of free trade agreements
                                                  Act (‘‘CERCLA’’) against the following                  v. AC Products, Inc., et al. D.J. Ref. No.               and to identify the Committee’s priority
                                                  Defendants for recovery of response                     90–11–2–09084. All comments must be                      countries and issues for 2016.
                                                  costs which each incurred to address                    submitted no later than thirty (30) days
                                                  environmental contamination at the                                                                               DATES: The Committee will meet on
                                                                                                          after the publication date of this notice.
                                                  Cooper Drum Company Superfund Site                                                                               Tuesday, February 2, 2016, from 9:30
                                                                                                          Comments may be submitted either by
                                                  located in Los Angeles County,                                                                                   a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
                                                                                                          email or by mail:
                                                  California (‘‘the Site’’): AC Products,                                                                          ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet at
                                                  Inc.; A. G. Layne, Inc.; Alpha                          To submit                                                the U.S. Department of Labor, 200
                                                                                                                               Send them to:                       Constitution Avenue NW., Deputy
                                                  Corporation of Tennessee Inc.; Ashland                  comments:
                                                  Inc.; Atlantic Richfield Company; Baker                                                                          Undersecretary’s Conference Room,
                                                  Petrolite LLC; Cargill, Incorporated;                   By email .......     pubcomment-ees.enrd@                Washington, DC 20210.
                                                                                                                                 usdoj.gov.
                                                  Castrol Industrial North America Inc.;                  By mail .........    Assistant Attorney General,         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  Chemcentral Corp.; Chemical Waste                                              U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O.               Donna Chung, Designated Federal
                                                  Management, Inc.; Chevron U.S.A. Inc.;                                         Box 7611, Washington, DC          Official, Office of Trade and Labor
                                                  Coral Chemical Company; D.A. Stuart                                            20044–7611.                       Affairs, Bureau of International Labor
                                                  Company; Dunn-Edwards Corporation;                                                                               Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
                                                  Engineered Polymer Solutions, Inc.;                       During the public comment period,                      Constitution Avenue NW., Room
                                                  ExxonMobil Oil Corporation; Gallade                     the Consent Decree may be examined                       S–5004, Washington, DC 20210; phone
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                                                  Chemical, Inc.; Hasco Oil Company,                      and downloaded at this Justice                           (202) 693–4861 (not a toll free number);
                                                  Inc.; Houghton International, Inc.; J.H.                Department Web site: http://                             fax (202) 693–4784 (not a toll free
                                                  Mitchell & Sons Distributors, Inc.;                     www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.                    number).
                                                  Lockheed-Martin Corporation; Lonza                      We will provide a paper copy of the                        Individuals with disabilities wishing
                                                  Inc.; Lubricating Specialties Company;                  Consent Decree upon written request                      to attend the meeting should contact
                                                  Mathisen Oil Co., Inc.; Pennzoil-Quaker                 and payment of reproduction costs.                       Ms. Chung no later than January 25,
                                                  State Company; Penreco; PolyOne                         Please mail your request and payment                     2016, to obtain appropriate
                                                  Corporation; PPG Industries, Inc.;                      to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ—                    accommodations.


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