# Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—ASTM International Standards
Notice is hereby given that, on February 18, 2015, 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 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 standards activities originating between December 2014 and February 2015 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 with the Attorney General was filed on December 9, 2014. A notice was filed in the *Federal Register* on December 31, 2014 (79 FR 78908).
Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.