DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993 -- ASTM International
Notice is hereby given that, on May 17, 2024, pursuant
to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”),
ASTM International (“ASTM”) has filed written notifications
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal
Trade Commission disclosing additions or changes to its
standards development activities. 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, ASTM

has provided an updated list of current, ongoing ASTM
activities originating between February 10, 2024, and May
12, 2024, designated as Work Items. A complete listing of
ASTM Work Items, along with a brief description of each, is
available at http://www.astm.org.
On September 15, 2004, ASTM 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 November
10, 2004 (69 FR 65226).
The last notification was filed with the Department on
February 28, 2024.

A notice was published in the Federal

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on March 13,
2024 (89 FR 18437).

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations,
Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-13657 Filed: 6/20/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/21/2024]