Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 8.11.2002

Conservation Helium Sales

The purpose of this action is to request comments on the proposed method of sale to begin implementation of the terms of the Helium Privatization Act (HPA) of 1996 dealing with the conservation helium reserve sell off. The Act requires the Department of the Interior to offer for sale, beginning no later than 2005, a portion of the conservation helium stored underground at the Cliffside Field north of Amarillo, TX. The Department of the Interior 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.