Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Cooperative Research Group Permian Basin Consortium-Phase III

---
identifier: "/us/fr/2024-07992"
source: "fr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Cooperative Research Group Permian Basin Consortium-Phase III"
title_number: 0
title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "2024-07992"
section_name: "Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Cooperative Research Group Permian Basin Consortium-Phase III"
positive_law: false
currency: "2024-04-16"
last_updated: "2024-04-16"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
agency: "Justice Department"
document_number: "2024-07992"
document_type: "notice"
publication_date: "2024-04-16"
agencies:
  - "Justice Department"
  - "Antitrust Division"
fr_citation: "89 FR 26924"
fr_volume: 89
---


#  Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—Cooperative Research Group Permian Basin Consortium—Phase III

Notice is hereby given that, on March 13, 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”), Cooperative Research Group Permian Basin Consortium—Phase III 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, Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Houston, TX, has been added as a party 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 Permian Basin Consortium—Phase III intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On January 10, 2024, Permian Basin Consortium—Phase III 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 February 6, 2024, (89 FR 8245).

Suzanne Morris,

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.