Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 Petroleum Environmental Research Forum Project No. 94-05

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993-- Petroleum Environmental Research Forum Project

No. 94-05

Notice is hereby given that, on March 10, 1995, pursuant to Section

6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993,

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Participants in the Petroleum

Environmental Research Forum (``PERF'') Project No. 94-05, titled

``Cooperative Air Program for Clean Air Act Amendments Compliance

Research'', have filed written notification 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 are: Amoco Oil Company,

Naperville, IL; BP Oil, Cleveland, OH; Chevron Research and Technology

Company, Richmond, CA; Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Florham

Park, NJ; Mobil Research and Development Corporation, Paulsboro, NJ;

Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK; Texaco, Inc., Port

Arthur, TX; and Shell Development Company, Houston, TX.

The objective of this Program is to develop approaches, data, and

technologies that lead to cost effective compliance with the Clean Air

Act and its Amendments as applied to petroleum, petrochemical and

chemical industry facilities. The activities to be carried out include

the collection, exchange and analysis of research, development of basic

engineering techniques, and systematic study of phenomena related to

achieving these objectives.

Participation in the Program remains open to interested persons and

organizations until issuance of the final Project Report,which is

presently anticipated to occur 36 months after the date of publication

of this notice. PERF also intends to file additional written

notifications disclosing all changes in membership of the Participants

in the Program. Information regarding participation in the Program may

be obtained from John King, Shell Development Company, Westhollow

Technology Center EC-252, Houston, TX 77082-3101.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 95-9959 Filed 4-21-95; 8:45 am]

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