Sales of helium by and rental of containers from Bureau of Mines. Payments required from owners of private lands upon which the Bureau of Mines performs exploration of development work to investigate known Filter-type, dust, fume, and mist respirators. 14a Nonemergency gas respirators (chemical cartridge respirators, including paint SUBCHAPTER D- -ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, LAMPS, METHANE DETECTORS; TESTS FOR PERMISSIBILITY; FEES Electric motor-driven mine equipment, junction boxes and other accessory SUBCHAPTER A-HELIUM AND COAL (a) "Act" means the Helium Act, ap- proved September 13, 1960 (74 Stat. 918; (b) "Helium Production Fund" means the fund referred to in subsection (f) of (c) "Helium plant" means a facility operated by the United States Bureau of Mines for the production, purification, (d) "Bureau" means the Bureau of Mines of the Department of the Interior. (e) "Purchaser" means any indi- vidual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or pri- vate institution, state or political sub- division thereof other than an agency of the United States Government, pur- chasing helium from the Bureau, or (f) "Grade-A helium" means (g) "Unit of helium" means 1,000 (h) "Cylinder" means a standard- (i) "Valve" means a standard-type cylinder valve acceptable to the Bureau of Mines having a valve outlet conform- ing to specifications No. 580 or No. 350 as described by Compressed Gas Associa- (j) "Tank car" means a special rail- (k) "Semi-trailer" means a special (1) "Local time" means standard or (m) "Day" means a period of 24 con- (n) "Month" means a calendar month beginning at 7 a.m. the first day of the month and ending at 7 a.m. on the first (o) "Constructive placement" means written notice by a common carrier to a purchaser of its readiness to deliver a tank car to the purchaser's track, or to public delivery tracks if so specified by purchaser. (p) "Schedule of Prices and Charges" means a schedule published in the FEDERAL REGISTER as a part of the regulations in this part and referred to herein as the Schedule showing the prices that are charged for helium, services, and use of equipment rented from the Bureau, and showing the cash advance required and deposit, bonds, or insurance that must be furnished to guarantee return of containers. In no event will the Schedule become effective in less than 30 days after date of publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER. In addition to the purchase price of helium, the following charges for services and use of equipment rented from the Bureau shall be paid by the purchaser: (a) For filing cylinders. The charge per unit of helium compressed into cylinders as shown in the Schedule that is in effect on the date the helium is shipped from the helium plant. (b) For ordinary work performed on containers supplied by the purchaser and for ordinary services perfcrmed in connection with shipment of helium from a helium plant. The charges stated in the Schedule that is in effect on the day the work is performed. (c) For extraordinary expenses. Such expenses incurred in connection with any contract or delivery, including, but not limited to, costs of work on purchaser's containers for which prices are not stated in the effective Schedule, filling cotnainers of types other than those referred to in § 1.1 (h), (j), and (k), purifying helium beyond normal plant purity, shipment of helium from other than a helium plant selected by the Bureau, and unusual handling, trans portation, and communications, may be determined by the Bureau and charged to the purchaser as they arise on the basis of the cost of rendering the services, making due allowance for contingencies, overhead expense and commercial common-carrier rates. (d) For use of helium containers supplied by the Bureau. (1) Cylinder: The monthly charge per cylinder shall be as stated in the Schedule in effect on the first day of the month in which the cylinders are rented: Provided, That the charges stated in any newly approved price Schedule shall be paid from the beginning of the first month following that in which it became effective: Provided further, That minimum net charge under any one cylinder rental contract shall be one month's charge for 100 cylinders: And provided further, That upon written approval of the Bureau, purchasers may themselves give such cylinders the quinquennial hydrostatic test required by the Intrestate Commerce Commission and for each cylinder so tested will be allowed a credit equal to the amount the Bureau charges for such service as shown in the Schedule. (2) Semi-trailer for each round trip: A charge per day as stated in the Schedule in effect at the time a round trip of a semi-trailer is started from a helium plant. (3) Tank car for each round trip: The sum of the charges, as stated in the Schedule in effect at the time a round trip is started, consisting of: (i) A charge for each whole mile, or major fraction thereof, of the total round-trip mileage between the helium plant at which the car is filled and its destination, a to the official mileage tariffs of the cerned, and railroads con desination et at the started (ii) A charge per day at as stated in the Schedule in effe time a round trip of a tank car is from a helium plant. (1) of he rs e (e) Computation of time periods. For cylinders: The time period (1) months referred to in subparagraph of paragraph (d) of this section or in t Schedule of charges for use of cylinde shall begin the month in which th cylinder is placed in service for the pur chaser and shall end the month it is re turned to the Bureau's service except ir the case of cylinders placed in the pur chaser's service and returned to Bureau's service the same month. Any fractional period, including the period of use of a cylinder placed in the purchaser's service and returned to the Bureau's service the same month, shall count as a whole period. A cylinder shall not be considered to be returned to the Bureau's service until it is returned to the Bureau's point of origin or to some other point designated by the Bureau, and in the case of a cylinder used in making repeated shipments to the same purchaser, until it is released from that service. The charge for the use of a cylinder shall abate on a pro rata basis for the number of days during any period when it is out of service because of unserviceable conditions not caused by any fault of the purchaser. (2) For semi-trailers: The time period of days referred to in subpargraph (2) of paragraph (d) of this section or in the Schedule of charges for use of semi-trailers shall begin the day following the day in which the semi-trailer is placed in service for the purchaser and shall end the day it is returned to the Bureau's service; except that semi-trailer placed in a purchaser's service and returned to the Bureau's service the same day shall be charged on the basis of a whole day. A semi-trailer shall not be considered to be returned to the Bureau's service until it is returned to the Bureau's point of origin or to some other point designated by the Bureau. The charge for use of a semi-trailer shall abate during any period when it is out of service because of unserviceable condition not caused by any fault of the purchaser. (3) For tank cars: The time period of days as referred to in subparagraph (3) of paragraph (d) of this section, or in the Schedule of charges for use of tank cars, shall begin the day following whichever is the earliest of: (i) Placement by carrier on purchaser's track, or (ii) Placement by carrier on public delivery track when so specified by the purchaser, or (iii) Constructive placement by carrier. The time period shall be terminated the day of release of the tank car by the purchaser to the carrier for return to a helium plant as evidenced by date and hour shown by billing carrier on empty return billing. The purchaser shall be responsible for having this information (a) Applications to purchase helium. Sales of helium will be made only upon a written application, signed by the applicant, setting forth all of the information and conditions required by the Bureau's form entitled "Application and Contract to Purchase Helium." Such forms will be furnished by the Bureau upon request to the Bureau of Mines Helium Activity, Amarillo, Texas. The application, upon acceptance and execution by the Bureau, shall become the contract for the purchase of helium from the Bureau in accordance with the regulations in this part. If (b) Application to use containers. a purchaser desires that containers be supplied by the Bureau, he may make application therefor on the Bureau's form entitled “Application and Contract To Use Helium Containers." Such forms will be furnished by the Bureau upon request to the Bureau of Mines Helium Activity, Amarillo, Texas. The application, upon acceptance and execution by the Bureau, shall become the contract for the use of containers in accordance with the regulations in this part. § 1.6 Advances, deposits, bonds, insur ance. (a) Advances and bonds for purchase of helium. No helium will be delivered or services performed under the regulations in this part except against cash paid in advance on account of the pur |