Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Cooperative Research Group on Separation Technology (STAR) Program: Phase 3 (Star Phase 3)

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 2372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-00962]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Cooperative Research Group on Separation 
Technology (STAR) Program: Phase 3 (Star Phase 3)

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 25, 2025, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Southwest Research 
Institute--Cooperative Research Group Separation Technology Research 
(STAR) Program: Phase 3 (STAR Phase 3) 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, TECHNIPFMC, 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 STAR Phase 3 intends to file 
additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership 
or planned activities.
    On August 15, 2023, STAR Phase 3 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 October 6, 2023, (88 FR 69671).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on January 9, 
2024. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on March 13, 2024, (89 FR 18438).

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2026-00962 Filed 1-16-26; 8:45 am]
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