[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70932-70933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30189]


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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[HE-952-9911-00]


Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Number 1004-
0179

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) is announcing its intention to request 
renewal of an existing approval to collect certain information from 
those persons with an In-Kind Crude Helium Sales Contract. BLM also 
collects helium sales information from Federal agencies and helium 
suppliers on major helium requirements to balance crude helium sales 
with the sale of helium to Federal agencies (43 CFR 3195).

DATES: You must submit your comments to BLM at the appropriate address 
below on or before January 29, 2001. BLM will not necessarily consider 
any comments received after the above date.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to: Regulatory Affairs Group (630), 
Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C Street NW, Room 401LS, Washington, 
D.C. 20240.
    Comments may be sent via Internet to: [email protected]. Please 
include ``ATTN: 1004-0179'' and your name and return address in your 
Internet message.
    Comments may be hand-delivered to the Bureau of Land Management, 
Administrative Record, Room 401, 1620 L Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 
20036.
    Comments will be available for public review at the L Street 
address during regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday 
through Friday).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Connie H. Neely, Crude Helium Sales 
Analyst, (806) 324-2635.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320.12(a), the BLM 
is required to provide 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning 
a collection of information contained in a published current rule to 
solicit comments on (a) whether the proposed collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of

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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 forms of information technology. The BLM will 
receive and analyze any comments sent in response to this notice and 
include them with its request for approval from the Office of 
Management and Budget under 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
    The Helium Privatization Act of 1996 requires the Department of the 
Defense, the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, and other Federal agencies to purchase major 
helium requirements from authorized contractors. These contractors are 
then required to purchase an equivalent amount of crude helium from the 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management.
    The respondents are Federal agencies and helium suppliers 
(contractors) who purchase major helium requirements and report to BLM 
the sales information for an accurate account of helium to Federal 
agencies from Federal helium suppliers.
    BLM estimates an average of 76 respondents and 304 responses 
annually. The frequency of response is once for the In-Kind Crude 
Helium Sales Contract and quarterly for the required helium sales 
information under 43 CFR 3195. Based on the BLM's experience, it will 
take a respondent approximately one hour to supply the requested 
information in the In-Kind Crude Helium Sales Contract. It will take a 
respondent from 15 minutes to 2 hours to supply the required helium 
sales information under 43 CFR 3195. The estimated total annual burden 
is 912 hours collectively.
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will 
also become a matter of public record.

    Dated: November 20, 2000.
Michael Schwartz,
BLM Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-30189 Filed 11-27-00; 8:45 am]
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