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containers and valves to be supplied; proposed method of shipment; destination of the helium; and any other data that may be needed by officials of the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Mines to enable them to judge whether the need for the helium is bona fide, and whether the helium desired can be supplied in accordance with the intent of the said Act and these regulations, and under the conditions of safe and efficient plant and gas-field operation.  Also, if the helium is to be used for airship inflation, the applicant shall identify and describe the craft for which the helium is intended, supply full information regarding the proposed use of such craft (including full information concerning the proposed schedule of operations if flights are to be made outside the United States), and provide assurance that the said helium will be used for inflation of only such airships as operate in or between the United States and its territories and possessions, or between the United States or its territories and possessions and foreign countries, and that said helium will not be used for inflation of any airship operating between two foreign countries notwithstanding such airship may also touch at some point in the United States.

(c)  Upon receipt of a properly executed application and the required information pertaining thereto, the Bureau of Mines shall determine the practicability of supplying the requirements under the conditions stated.  If the said Bureau considers it impracticable or inadvisable to supply the helium as requested it shall so notify the applicant; otherwise, it shall schedule the helium for delivery (contingent upon final execution of a contract pursuant to the application), and supply the applicant with estimates of the cost per unit of helium, service charges applicable to the contemplated deliveries of helium, delivery schedule, and amount of the deposit or deposits required.

(d)  If the applicant desires to purchase the helium under the terms of these regulations and considering the estimates and statements of conditions supplied by the said Bureau, he shall execute a contract covering purchase of the helium applied for.  The form of such contracts is indicated in the appendix of these regulations.  Said contract shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Mines, accompanied by an initial deposit in the form of a certified check for the amount required payable to the Treasurer of the United States, within ten days from receipt of estimates of the cost per unit of helium, service charges, and delivery schedule, and notice of the initial deposit required.

(e)  Failure to execute and forward the said contract or to make the required initial deposit within the time allotted may nullify the delivery schedule at the discretion of the Bureau of Mines.

(f)  Upon receipt of a properly executed contract accompanied by the stipulated initial deposit the contract will be forwarded for the consideration of the Director of the Bureau of Mines.  If such a contract executed by the said Director is for more than 100 units of helium (100,000 cubic feet of contained helium) it shall also be forwarded to the Secretary of the Interior for consideration and shall not be binding until approved by him in writing.  If the said contract is executed by the Director of the Bureau of Mines (and approved by the Secretary of the Interior if it is for more than 100 units of helium), the initial deposit will be placed to the credit of the special helium-production fund provided for by Section 3 (c) of the said Act.  Otherwise the certified check will be returned to the applicant.

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