[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 245 (Thursday, December 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67059-67060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32206]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[HE-952-9911-01-24 1A]


Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection; OMB 
Approval Number 1032-0113

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces its intention to request 
extension of approval for collecting information from those persons 
with a Helium Distribution Contract. BLM collects this information to 
assure distributor accountability and to certify compliance with the 
regulations at 30 CFR Part 602. BLM uses this information to report 
annual sales, transfers and purchases of helium. BLM expects to collect 
this information one time.

DATES: Comments on the proposed information collection must be received 
by February 18, 1997. Comments received after this date may not be

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considered in preparing the information collection package.

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand deliver comments to either of the following 
addresses: (1) Bureau of Land Management, Helium Operations, 801 S. 
Fillmore, Suite 500, Amarillo, Texas 79101-3545, or (2) Bureau of Land 
Management, Regulatory Affairs Group, 1849 C St., N.W., Mail Stop 401 
LS, Washington, D. C. 20240. The address for hand delivery is: 
Administrative Record, Room 401, 1620 L St., N.W., Washington, D. C. 
You may also file comments by way of the Internet at: 
WOC[email protected].
    Comments will be available for public review during regular 
business hours at the Fillmore address (7:30 am to 4:30 pm), Monday 
through Friday, and at the L Street address (7:45 am to 4:15 pm).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Connie H. Neely, Helium Sales Officer, 
(806) 324-2636.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations at 5 CFR 1320.12(a) require 
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to provide a 60-day notice in the 
Federal Register concerning a collection of information contained in 
published current rules to solicit comments on (a) whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary to perform properly the 
functions of the agency, including whether the information will have 
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical or other technological collection 
techniques or other form of information technology.
    The regulations at 30 CFR Part 602, Chapter VI, Subchapter A, 
Article III, require collecting the information contained in the 
following forms:
    (1) Form 6-1575-A, Stocks, Receipts and Distribution, which 
requires helium distributors contractors to provide information about 
their opening inventory of helium (ending balance from previous 
reporting period may be carried forward), sales to Federal agencies and 
other distributors, their receipts from BLM and other distributor 
contracts and their ending balance of helium for the annual reporting 
period. Sales data include the name, location and quantity of helium; 
and
    (2) Form 6-1580-A, Certificates of Resale of BLM Helium, which 
requires helium distributor contractors to certify the resale of 
helium.
    Seventy-five respondents fill out these forms. The estimated time 
for reading the instructions, collecting the information, and filling 
out the forms is 0.5 hour per respondent, for a total of 37.5 burden 
hours.
    Any interested person may request and obtain copies of the relevant 
regulations and the forms by contacting either of the above mentioned 
BLM offices or the person identified under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT.
    BLM will summarize all responses to this notice and include them in 
the request to the Office of Management and Budget for approval of the 
extension of this information collection. All comments will become part 
of the public record.
    BLM expects to collect this information one time. Recent revisions 
to the helium statute have changed the method by which helium will be 
distributed and will make these forms obsolete.

    Dated: December 16, 1996.
Annetta Cheek,
Leader, Regulatory Affairs Group.
[FR Doc. 96-32206 Filed 12-18-96; 8:45 am]
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