82 FR 48267 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Border Security Technology Consortium

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 199 (October 17, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48267-48268]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22442]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Border Security Technology Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 22, 2017, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Border Security Technology 
Consortium (``BSTC'') 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, Michigan Technology University, Houghton, MI; and TRI-COR 
Industries, Inc., Alexandria, VA, have been added 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 BSTC intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On May 30, 2012, BSTC 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 June 18, 
2012 (77 FR 36292).

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    The last notification was filed with the Department on June 8, 
2017. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on July 25, 2017 (85 FR 34551).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-22442 Filed 10-16-17; 8:45 am]
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