[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 222 (Monday, November 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 69125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27579]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNM006200.L99110000.EK0000]


Renewal of Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Bureau of 
Land Management (BLM) invites public comments on, and plans to request 
approval to continue, the collection of information on the purchases of 
crude helium by Federal helium suppliers from the BLM and the amount of 
refined helium supplied by them to Federal agencies and their 
contractors. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has assigned 
control number 1004-0179 to this information collection.

DATES: Please submit comments on the proposed information collection by 
January 17, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by mail, fax, or electronic mail.
    Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 
1849 C Street NW., Room 2134LM, Attention: Jean Sonneman, Washington, 
DC 20240.
    Fax: to Jean Sonneman at 202-245-0050.
    Electronic mail: [email protected].
    Please indicate ``Attn: 1004-0179'' regardless of the form of your 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Jolley at 806-356-1002. Persons 
who use a telecommunication device for the deaf may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339, to leave a message for Mr. 
Jolley.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which 
implement provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3521, require that interested members of the public and affected 
agencies be given an opportunity to comment on information collection 
and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8(d) and 1320.12(a)). This 
notice identifies an information collection that the BLM plans to 
submit to OMB for approval. The Paperwork Reduction Act provides that 
an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless 
it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Until OMB approves a 
collection of information, you are not obligated to respond.
    The BLM will request a 3-year term of approval for this information 
collection activity. Comments are invited on: (1) The need for the 
collection of information for the performance of the functions of the 
agency; (2) the accuracy of the agency's burden estimates; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; 
and (4) ways to minimize the information collection burden on 
respondents, such as use of automated means of collection of the 
information. A summary of the public comments will accompany our 
submission of the information collection requests to OMB.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should 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 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.
    The following information is provided for the information 
collection:
    Title: Helium Contracts (43 CFR Part 3195).
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0179.
    Summary: This collection of information enables the BLM to operate 
the Federal Helium Reserve and provide enriched crude helium to private 
refiners, in accordance with the Helium Amendments Act of 1960 (50 
U.S.C. 167 to 167n), the Helium Privatization Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-
273, 74 Stat. 918), and 43 CFR part 3195.
    Frequency of Collection: Quarterly.
    Forms: None.
    Description of Respondents: Suppliers and purchasers of Federal 
helium.
    Estimated Annual Responses: 32.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 104 hours.
    Estimated Annual Non-Hour Costs: None.
    The itemized burdens of this collection are shown below:

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                                                                                                   Total hours
                       Type of response                           Number of        Hours per       (Column B x
                                                                  responses         response        Column C)
A.                                                                         B.                 C.             D.
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Sales reports................................................              32             3.25              104
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Jean Sonneman,
 Information Collection Clearance Officer, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 2013-27579 Filed 11-15-13; 8:45 am]
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