[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 73 (Thursday, April 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20505-20506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08686]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNM006200 L99110000.EK0000 XXX L4053RV]


Revision of Approved Information Collection; OMB Control No. 
1004-0179

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 comment, and announces that it 
intends to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) renew 
and revise control number 1004-0179, ``Helium Contracts.'' This request 
is prompted by the need to update the control number in response to 
legislation.

DATES: Please submit comments on the proposed information collection by 
June 15, 2015.

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 (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339, to leave a 
message for Mr. Jolley. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a 
week. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.

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 pertains to this request:
    Title: Helium Contracts (43 CFR part 3195).
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0179.
    Summary: At present, control number 1004-0179 (expiration date: 
April 30, 2017) enables the BLM to monitor purchases and sales of 
helium from the Federal Helium Reserve. This information collection 
activity is in accordance with the BLM's authority to implement in-kind 
sales of helium in accordance with 43 CFR part 3195. The BLM intends to 
seek OMB clearance to revise and extend this ongoing collection of 
information for another 3 years. The requested revision will be the 
addition of a new form (``Refined Helium Deliveries Detail'') that will 
replace the existing non-form activity titled ``Sales Reports.''
    In addition, the BLM intends to seek OMB clearance to add 
information collection activities that are necessary for the 
implementation of the Helium Stewardship Act of 2013 (Act or 2013 Act), 
Public Law 113-40 (127 Stat. 534, codified at 50 U.S.C. 167-167q). 
Section 5(b)(8) of the 2013 Act amends 50 U.S.C. 167d, and establishes 
the following additional terms and conditions of Federal helium sales 
that necessitate new information collection activities:
     Parties to a helium storage contract with the BLM must 
disclose:
    (1) The volumes and associated prices in dollars per thousand cubic 
feet (Mcf) in purchase and sales transactions in the

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United States involving at least 15 million standard cubic feet of 
crude or pure helium;
    (2) The volumes and associated costs in dollars per Mcf of 
converting crude helium into pure helium; and
    (3) Refinery operational capacity, future operational capacity, and 
excess refining capacity in Mcf; and
     Refiners of crude helium that enter into ``tolling 
agreements'' must submit a Tolling Occurrence Report to the BLM 
whenever they enter into such tolling agreements. (``Tolling 
agreements'' refers to the helium industry's practice of processing or 
refining another party's helium at an agreed upon price. While refiners 
can purchase, access, and refine their own helium, non-refiners rely 
upon the refiners to process and refine the helium that they have 
purchased--this process is called tolling.)
    Frequency of Collection: Quarterly for the Refined Helium 
Deliveries Detail; annually for the Calculation of Excess Refining 
Capacity and Refiners' Annual Tolling Report; and ``on occasion'' for 
the Refiners' Tolling Occurrence Report.
    Forms:
    Refined Helium Deliveries Detail;
    Calculation of Excess Refining Capacity;
    Refiners' Annual Tolling Report; and
    Refiners' Tolling Occurrence Report.
    Description of Respondents: Suppliers, purchasers, and refiners of 
Federal helium.
    Estimated Annual Responses: 60.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 110.
    Estimated Annual Non-Hour Costs: None.
    The estimated annual burdens of these revised and new collection 
activities are itemized in the following table:

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                                                                                                  F. Total hours
     A. Type of response          B. Frequency     C. Number of    D. Number of    E. Hours per     (column D x
                                                    respondents      responses       response        column E)
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Refined Helium Deliveries      Quarterly........              10              40               1              40
 Detail.
Calculation of Excess          Annually.........               4               4               8              32
 Refining Capacity.
Refiners' Annual Tolling       Annually.........               4               4               8              32
 Report.
Refiners' Tolling Occurrence   On occasion......               4              12             0.5               6
 Report.
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    Totals...................  .................              22              60  ..............             110
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Jean Sonneman,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer, 
Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-08686 Filed 4-15-15; 8:45 am]
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