Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 Center for Waste Reduction Technologies

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993 Center for Waste Reduction Technologies

Notice is hereby given that, on March 14, 1995, pursuant to the

National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C.

4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Center for Waste Reduction Technologies

(``CWRT'') and its participants have filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties 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 and

its general area of planned activity are: Center for Waste Reduction

Technologies, New York, NY; American Institute of Chemical Engineers,

New York, NY; ACS Industries, Inc., Woonsocket, RI; Air Products and

Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA; Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA;

B&V Waste Science & Technology Corp., Kansas City, MO; Battelle-Pacific

NorthWest Laboratories, Richland, WA; Bechetl Group, Inc., San

Francisco, CA; The B.F. Goodrich Company, Akron, OH; The BOC Group,

Murray Hill, NY; CH2M HILL, Inc., Corvallis, OR; C.W. Nofsinger

division of Burns & McDonnell, Kansas City, MO; The Dow Chemical

Company, Midland, MI; Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA;

Gas Research Institute, Chicago, IL; Hoechst Celanese Corporation,

Bridgewater, NJ; ICI Americas Inc., Wilmington, DE; Kinetics Technology

International Corporation, San Dimas, Ca; Minnesota Mining &

Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN; Mobil Research and Development

Corporation, Pennington, NJ; Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO; The M.W.

Kellogg Company, Houston, TX; Rhone Poulenc North America, Monmouth

Junction, NJ; SRI International, Menlo Park, CA; US Department of

Energy, Washington, DC; and Union Carbide Corporation, Danbury, CT.

The nature and objectives of this joint venture are to foster

cooperation among industry, academia, and government for research and

development, education, and information exchange on waste reduction

technologies and processes to achieve the clean, efficient, and

economical production and manufacturing facilities needed for

sustainable development. The objectives of this venture will be

achieved by establishing a broad program for the theoretical and

practical analysis, experimentation, and systematic study of the

relevant phenomena; the collection, exchange and analysis of the

research data thus obtained; the development and testing of basic

engineering techniques; and the extension of the findings and theories

observed into practical application for experimental and demonstration

purposes. In pursuing these objectives, CWRT will seek to stimulate,

encourage and provide a means of establishing separate groups to

undertake specific research projects that are consistent with the broad

objectives of this venture.

Participation in this joint venture will remain open to qualified

persons and organizations. The Participants intend to file additional

written notifications disclosing all changes in membership. Information

regarding participation in this joint venture may be obtained from:

Center for Waste Reduction Technologies, 345 East 47th Street, New

York, NY 10017-2395.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 95-9956 Filed 4-21-95; 8:45 am]

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