Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Steel Joist Institute

Notice is hereby given that, on September 17, 2004, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Steel Joist Institute (“SJI”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of business of the standards development organization and (2) the nature and scope of its standards development activities. The notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.

Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place of business of the standards development organization is: Steel Joist Institute, Myrtle Beach, SC. The nature and scope of SJI's standards development activities are: Continually develop standard specifications for the steel joist industry through the American National Standards Institute through consensus balloting.