[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR8.501]



[Page 135-136]

 

            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



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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.