58464 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 193 / Thursday, October 6, 2005 / Notices 

Federal or State Government. Members 

will serve without salary, but will be 

reimbursed for travel and per diem 

expenses at current rates for 

Government employees. The Board will 

meet no less than two times annually. 

The Director, Bureau of Land 

Management may call additional 

meetings in connection with special 

needs for advice. 

Dated: September 6, 2005. 

Thomas Dyer, 

Acting Assistant Director, Renewable 

Resources and Planning. 

[FR Doc. 05–20082 Filed 10–5–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–030–1310–DB] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Creston/Blue Gap II Natural Gas 

Project, Carbon and Sweetwater 

Counties, WY 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of correction. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) inadvertently 

published a draft version of a Notice of 

Intent to Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Creston/Blue 

Gap II Natural Gas Project, Carbon and 

Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming in the 

Federal Register on Thursday, 

September 8, 2005 (70 FR 53381). The 

BLM is publishing this correction notice 

to strike the last sentence. The sentence 

being removed is ‘‘A decision for the 

Creston/Blue Gap II Natural Gas Project 

(C/BG2 Project) will not be made nor 

implemented until after a Record of 

Decision is issued for the Rawlins RMP 

revision FEIS’’. Any such decision will 

be in accordance with regulatory 

requirements. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management, Eldon 

Allison, Project Manager, 1300 North 

Third Street, P.O. Box 2407, Rawlins, 

Wyoming 82301. Mr. Allison may also 

be reached by telephone at (307) 328–

4291, or by sending an electronic 

message to: Eldon_Allison@blm.gov. 

Deborah Rawhouser, 

Group Manager, Planning Assessment and 

Community Support. 

[FR Doc. 05–20084 Filed 10–5–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Conservation Helium Sale 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice implementing fourth 

conservation helium sale. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this action is 

to continue implementation of the terms 

of the Helium Privatization Act (HPA) of 

1996 dealing with the disposal of the 

Conservation Helium Reserve. The HPA 

requires the Department of the Interior 

(DOI) to offer for sale, beginning no later 

than 2005, a portion of the Conservation 

Helium stored underground at the 

Cliffside Field, north of Amarillo, Texas. 

The DOI, in consultation with the 

private helium industry, has determined 

that private companies, with refining 

capacity along the crude helium 

pipeline, will need a supply of helium 

in excess of that available from their 

own storage accounts and that available 

from crude helium extractors in the 

region. Given the current market, 

Conservation Helium sold in this sale 

will cause minimal market disruption. 

This sale will be conducted in four 

parts, with one-fourth of the annual sale 

amount offered each quarter of Fiscal 

Year 2006. 

DATES: Submit bids for the first quarter 

sale and other documentation as 

required in Notice on or before 

November 7, 2005. Bids for the 

remaining three quarters must be 

submitted according to the following 

schedule: 

• Second Quarter—December 1, 2005, 

through December 31, 2005. 

• Third Quarter—March 1, 2006, 

through March 31, 2006. 

• Fourth Quarter—June 1, 2006, 

through June 30, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit your bids 

and other documentation as required in 

this Notice to the BLM, Amarillo Field 

Office, 801 S. Fillmore, Suite 500, 

Amarillo, TX 79101–3545, Attention: 

Crude Helium Sales Analyst. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Connie H. Neely, (806) 356–1027. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

may call the Federal Information Relay 

Service at 1–800–877–8339 between 8 

a.m. and 8 p.m., eastern time, Monday 

through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1.01 What Is the Purpose of the Sale? 

The purpose of this sale is to continue 

implementation of the terms of the HPA 

of 1996 dealing with the disposal of the 

Conservation Helium Reserve. The HPA 

requires the DOI to offer for sale, 

beginning no later than 2005, a portion 

of the Conservation Helium stored 

underground at the Cliffside Field, 

north of Amarillo, Texas. The DOI, in 

consultation with the private helium 

industry, has determined that private 

companies, with refining capacity along 

the crude helium pipeline, will need a 

supply of helium in excess of that 

available from their own storage 

accounts and that available from crude 

helium extractors in the region. This is 

the fourth in a series of sales that the 

Department will conduct to dispose of 

the Conservation Helium stored 

underground at the Cliffside Field. The 

annual sales are being conducted in a 

manner intended to prevent pure 

helium market disruptions from 

occurring to end users; shortages of 

crude helium to pure helium refiners; 

and an oversupply of crude helium on 

the market for crude helium extractors. 

Subsequent sales may be adjusted as 

needed. 

1.02 What Terms Do I Need To Know 

To Understand This Sale? 

Allocated Sale—That portion of the 

annual sale volume of Conservation 

Helium that will be set aside for 

purchase by the Crude Helium Refiners. 

Annual Conservation Helium Sale—

The sale of a certain volume of 

Conservation Helium to private entities 

conducted annually beginning no later 

than 2005. 

Bidder—Any entity or person who 

submits a request for purchase of a 

volume of the Annual Conservation 

Helium Sale and has met the 

qualifications contained in part 1.05 in 

this Notice. 

BLM—The Bureau of Land 

Management. 

Conservation Helium—The crude 

helium purchased by the U.S. 

Government under the authority of the 

Helium Act of 1960 and stored 

underground in the Cliffside Field. 

Crude Helium—A partially refined gas 

containing about 70 percent helium and 

30 percent nitrogen. However, the 

helium concentration may vary from 50 

to 95 percent. 

Crude Helium Refiners—Those 

entities with a capability of refining 

crude helium and having a connection 

point on the crude helium pipeline and 

a valid Helium Storage Contract as of 

the date of a Conservation Helium Sale. 

Excess Volumes—Allocated sale 

volumes not requested by the Crude 

Helium Refiners. 

Helium Storage Contract—A contract 

between the BLM and a private entity 

allowing the private entity to store 

crude helium in underground storage at 

the Cliffside Field.