Notice is hereby given that, on February 25, 2011, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), National Warheads and Energetics Consortium (“NWEC”) 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, Directed Energy Technologies, Inc., Sumerduck, VA; MaxPower, Inc., Harleysville, PA; Omnitek Partners, LLC, Ronkonkoma, NY; and Universal Propulsion Company, Inc., Fairfield, CA, have been added as parties to this venture. Also, NIC Industries, White City, OR; and The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 NWEC intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
On May 2, 2000, NWEC 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 30, 2000 (65 FR 40693).
The last notification was filed with the Department on November 30, 2010. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on December 22, 2010 (75 FR 80536).
Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-6916 Filed 3-24-11; 8:45 am]
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