[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR8.501]

[Page 127]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 8_REQUIRED SOURCES OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart 8.5_Acquisition of Helium
 
Sec.  8.501  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart--
    Bureau of Land Management means the Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management, Amarillo Field Office, Helium Operations, 801 
South Fillmore Street, Suite 500, Amarillo, TX 79101-3545.
    Federal helium supplier means a private helium vendor that has an 
in-kind crude helium sales contract with the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM) and that is on the BLM Amarillo Field Office's Authorized List of 
Federal Helium Suppliers available via the Internet at http://
www.nm.blm.gov/www/amfo/amfo--home.html.
    Major helium requirement means an estimated refined helium 
requirement greater than 200,000 standard cubic feet (scf) (measured at 
14.7 pounds per square inch absolute pressure and 70 degrees Fahrenheit 
temperature) of gaseous helium or 7510 liters of liquid helium delivered 
to a helium use location per year.