[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6814-6815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2709]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNM006220. L99110000. EK0000; OMB Control Number 1004-0179]


Renewal of Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: 30-day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted an 
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for a 3-year extension of OMB Control Number 1004-0179 under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act. This control number includes paperwork 
requirements in regulations that provide the authority for the BLM to 
collect helium sales information from Federal agencies and helium 
suppliers of major helium requirements, in order to balance crude 
helium purchases from the BLM with sales of helium to Federal agencies.

DATES: The OMB is required to respond to this information collection 
request within 60 days but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, 
written comments should be received on or before March 10, 2011 in 
order to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments directly to the Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior (OMB 1004-0179), Office of 
Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
fax 202-395-5806, or by electronic mail at [email protected]. 
Please provide a copy of your comments to the BLM via mail, fax, or 
electronic mail.
    Mail: Bureau Information Collection Clearance Officer (WO-630), 
Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., Mail Stop 401 LS, 
Washington, DC 20240.
    Fax: Jean Sonneman at 202-912-7102.
    Electronic mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Libby Conner, at 806-
356-1027. Persons who use a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD) 
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) on 1-800-877-
8339. You may also contact Ms. Conner to obtain a copy, at no cost, of 
the regulations and forms that require this collection of information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following information is provided for 
the information collection:
    Title: Helium Contracts (43 CFR 3195).
    OMB Number: 1004-0179.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: This collection of information pertains to the Helium 
Privatization Act of 1996, which provides that only authorized 
contractors may sell helium to Federal agencies. The BLM uses this 
information to verify that authorized contractors are in compliance 
with the Helium Privatization Act. In order to become an authorized 
contractor, a helium supplier must enter into an In-Kind Crude Helium 
Sales Contract to purchase from the Secretary of Interior amounts of 
crude helium that are equivalent to amounts the supplier sells to 
agencies of the Federal Government. 50 U.S.C. 167d. In the past, the 
BLM provided Form 1422x-922 for respondents to comply with some of 
these requirements, but the pertinent regulations do not require that 
they use the form. The respondents have demonstrated compliance with 
the Helium Privatization Act without using the form and the BLM has 
determined that the form is no longer necessary to collect information. 
As a result, the BLM has decided to eliminate Form 1422X-922, although 
the BLM will continue to require respondents to submit pertinent 
information through written or electronic means as required by 43 CFR 
part 3195. The BLM uses the information for reporting and 
recordkeeping. Responses are required to obtain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Quarterly and annually.
    Annual Burden Hours: 32 responses with 3.25 hours per response 
totals 104 burden hours.
    Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: There are no processing fees 
associated with this collection.
    Comments: As required in 5 CFR 1320.8(d), the BLM published the 60-
day notice in the Federal Register on June 14, 2010 (75 FR 33632) 
soliciting comments from the public and other interested parties. The 
comment period closed on August 13, 2010. The BLM did not receive any 
comments from the public in response to this notice, and did not 
receive any unsolicited comments.
    The BLM now requests comments on the following subjects:
    1. Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper functioning of the BLM, including whether the information will 
have practical utility;
    2. The accuracy of the BLM's estimate of the burden of collecting 
the information, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;
    3. The quality, utility and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and
    4. How to minimize the information collection burden on those who 
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other forms of information technology.
    Please send comments to the addresses listed under ADDRESSES. 
Please refer to OMB Control Number 1004-0179 in your correspondence. 
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other 
personal identifying information in your comment, be aware that your 
entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be 
made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your 
comment to withhold your personal identifying

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information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

Jean Sonneman,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-2709 Filed 2-7-11; 8:45 am]
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