The Federal Register

United States v. Commscope, Inc. and Andrew Corporation;

Thu, Dec 20 2007 11:00:00 GMT

Proposed Final Judgment and Competitive Impact Statement

Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. 16(b)(h), that a proposed Final Judgment, Hold Separate Stipulation and Order, and Competitive Impact Statement have been filed with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in United States of America v. CommScope. Inc. and Andrew Corporation, Civil Action No. 0702200. On December 6, 2007, the United States filed a Complaint alleging that the proposed acquisition by CommScope, Inc. (``CommScope'') of Andrew Corporation (``Andrew'') would violate section 7 and section 8 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18, 19 by substantially lessening competition in the United States market for drop cable and creating interlocking directorates between competing companies. The proposed Final Judgment, filed the same time as the Complaint, requires the divestiture of: (a) Andrew's entire stock ownership in Andes Industries, Inc. (``Andes''); (b) al

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--Petroleum Environmental Research

Thu, Dec 20 2007 11:00:00 GMT

Notice is hereby given that, on September 4, 2007, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301, et seq. (``the Act''), Petroleum Environmental Research Forum (``PERF'') Project No. 200406 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, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Fairfax, VA; and Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc., Houston, TX 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 PERF Project No. 200406 intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all change in m

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--PXI Systems Alliance, Inc.

Thu, Dec 20 2007 11:00:00 GMT

Notice is hereby given that, on October 29, 2007, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act'', PXI Systems Alliance, Inc. has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its [[Page 72389]]
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, AIMUSA, LLC, Omaha, NE has been added as a party to this venture. Also, Data Design Corporation, Gaithersburg, MD has withdrawn as a party to this venture. In addition, ASCOR has changes its name to Gigatronics, Fremont, CA.

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 PXI Systems Alliance, Inc. intends to file additional writ

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--Semiconductor Test Consortium, Inc.

Thu, Dec 20 2007 11:00:00 GMT

Notice is hereby given that, on November 6, 2007, pursuant to section 6(a) of the national Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Semiconductor Test Consortium, Inc. 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, Kennan Yilmaz, Redmond, WA has been added as a party to this venture. Also, Mark Roos (individual member), Santa Clara, CA; Kevin Fetterly (individual member), Rollingbay, WA; AZ Electronic APPS, LLC, Chandler, AZ; Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co., Hsinchu, TAIWAN 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

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--Testing of Methods for Measuring

Thu, Dec 20 2007 11:00:00 GMT

Notice is hereby given that, on October 30, 2007, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301, et seq. (``the Act''), SwRI: Testing of Methods for Measuring Hydrocarbon Dew Point in Natural Gas Streams has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership, nature and objective. 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, Union Gas Limited, Chatham, Ontario, Canada has been added as a party to this venture. The changes in its nature and objectives are: The period of performance has been extended to December 27, 2007; the hydrocarbon dew point analyzers will be tested to determine their ability to accurately measure hydrocarbon dew points when water vapor or methanol is present in the gas stream; and the

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--VSI Alliance

Thu, Dec 20 2007 11:00:00 GMT

Notice is hereby given that, on August 10, 2007, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301, et seq. (``the Act''), VSI Alliance 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, UMC, Hsinchu City, TAIWAN; and Intel, Santa Clara, CA 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 VSI Alliance intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On November 29, 1996, VSI Alliance filed its original notification pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act.

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

Thu, Dec 20 2007 11:00:00 GMT

Notice is hereby given that on December 7, 2007, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Daniel Green, et. al., Civil Action No. 1:00cv637 was lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

In this action the United States sought reimbursement of response costs incurred for response actions taken at or in connection with the release or threatened release of hazardous substances at the Green Industries Site in Sharonville, Ohio (``the Site'') pursuant to Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). Additionally, the United States sought to void the transfer of certain real property from defendant LWG Co., Inc. (``LWG'') to Omni Industrial Properties Inc. (``OMNI'') as a fraudulent transfer under Section 3304(b) of the Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act
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(``FDCPA''), 28 U.S.C. 3304(b), to provide partial satisfaction of response costs owed by LWG under CERC