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On March 7, 1979, we issued a report to the Congress entitled
Unique Helium Resources Are Wasting: A New Conservation Policy
Is Neededt (EMD-78-98 see enc. II). We recommended enactment of
new legislation redefining the Nation's helium conservation pro-
gram to take cognizance of the changing needs for helium andto
establish the objective of conserving helium resources to meet
national requirements. We also recommended that the Secretary of
the Interior, while working with the Congress for the development
of a neQ helium policy, undertake steps necessary to conserve in
the most efficient manner the helium from the Tip Top Gasfield in
Wyoming--by far the Nation's largest known nondepleting reserve.
Si6ce our report's issuance, no significant Federal helium
conservation action has been taken. The previous administration
did not fully agree with our recommendations. Also, bills focus-
ing on helium's energy-related uses were introduced in the 96th
Congress, but not enacted into law. Similar legislation has just
been introduced in the Congress this year.
The purpose of this letter is to call the helium conservation
issue to the attention of the present administration. We continue
to believe the Department of the Interior should take the lead in
helping to shape corrective legislation which would assure adequate
long-term national supplies of helium. We also believe the next
2 to 4 years will be time critical for helium conservation at
Tip Top.
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