[Federal Register: March 29, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 59)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Indian Arts and Craft Board
Proposed Renewal of Information Collection for Source Directory
Publication; Comment Request
AGENCY: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Indian Arts and Crafts Board collects information to
identify and revise listings for the Source Directory of American
Indian and Alaska native owned and operated arts and crafts businesses.
Comments on renewal of this collection are requested from the public.
After the public review, we will submit the information collection to
OMB-OIRA for review and re-approval as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Submit comments on or before May 3, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send your written comments to Attention: Indian Arts and
Crafts Board, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., MS-
2058 MIB, Washington, DC 20240. If you wish to submit comments by
facsimile, the number is (202) 208-5196, or you may send them by e-mail
to ``iacb@ios.doi.gov.'' Please mention that your comments concern the
Source Directory.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the Source Directory application or renewal forms, i.e., the
information collection instruments, should be directed to Meridith Z.
Stanton, Director, Indian Arts and Crafts Board, 1849 C Street, NW., MS
2058 MIB, Washington, DC 20240. You may also call (202) 208-3773 (not a
toll free call), or send you request by e-mail to ``iacb@ios.doi.gov''
or by facsimile to (202) 208-5196.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Source Directory of American Indian and Alaska Native owned and
operated arts and craft enterprises is a program of the Indian Arts and
Crafts Board that promotes American Indian and Alaska Native arts and
crafts. The Source Directory is a forty-one page full-color illustrated
publication featuring fine examples of contemporary American Indian and
Alaska Native art from the major cultural areas in the United States.
The Source Directory also comes with a listing of American Indian and
Alaska native owned and operated arts and crafts businesses. This
listing is included as an insert in the back cover of the Source
Directory.
The service of being listed in this publication is provided free-
of-charge to members of federally recognized tribes. Businesses listed
in the Source Directory include American Indian and Alaska Native
artists and craftspeople, cooperatives, tribal arts and crafts
enterprises, businesses privately-owned-and-operated by American Indian
and Alaska native artists, designers, and craftspeople, and businesses
privately owned-and-operated by American Indian and Alaska Native
merchants who retail and/or wholesale authentic Indian and Alaska
native arts and crafts. Business listings in the Source Directory are
arranged alphabetically by State. The Source Directory may be ordered
from either the Oklahoma Arts and Crafts Cooperative, P.O. Box 966,
Anadarko, Oklahoma 73005 or the Sioux Indian Museum, 222 New York
Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, for a cost of $11.50 which
includes shipping and handling. The business listings are also
available on the Board's Web site located at http://www.iacb.doi.gov.
The Director of the Board uses this information to determine
whether an individual or business applying to be listed in the Source
Directory meets the requirements for listing. The approved application
will be printed in the Source Directory. The Source Directory is
updated annually to include new businesses and to update existing
information.
II. Method of Collection
To be listed in the Source Directory, interested individuals and
businesses must submit: (1) A letter requesting an entry in the Source
Directory, (2) a draft of their business information in a format like
the other Source Directory listings, (3) a copy of the individual's or
business owner's tribal enrollment card; and for businesses, proof that
the business is organized under tribal, state, or federal law; and (4)
a certification that the business is an American Indian or Alaska
Native owned and operated cooperative, tribal enterprise, or nonprofit
organization, or that the owner of the enterprise is an enrolled member
of a federally recognized
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American Indian tribe or Alaska Native group.
The following information is collected in a single-page form that
is distributed by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. Although listing in
the Source Directory is voluntary, submission of this information is
required for inclusion in the Directory.
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Information collected Reason for collection
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Name of business, mailing address, To identify the business to be
city, zip code (highway location, listed in the Source
Indian reservation, etc.), telephone Directory, and method of
number ad e-mail address. contact.
Type of organization................... To identify the nature of the
business entity.
Hours/season of operation.............. To identify those days and
times when customers may
contact the business.
Internet website address............... To identify whether the
business advertises and/or
sells inventory online.
Main categories of products............ To identify the products that
the business produces.
Retail or wholesale products........... To identify whether the
business is a retail or
wholesale business.
Mail order and/or catalog.............. To identify whether the
business has a mail order and/
or catalog.
Price list information, if applicable.. To identify the cost of the
listed products.
For a cooperative or tribal enterprise, To determine whether the
a copy of documents showing that the business meets the eligibility
organization is formally organized requirement for listing in the
under tribal, state or federal law. Source Directory.
Signed certification that the business To obtain verification that the
is an American Indian or Alaska Native business is an American Indian
owned and operated cooperative, tribal or Alaska Native owned and
enterprise, or nonprofit organization. operated business.
Copy of the business owner's tribal To determine whether the
enrollment card. business owner is an enrolled
member of a federally
recognized tribe.
Signed certification that the owner of To obtain verification that the
the business is a member of a business owner is an enrolled
federally recognized tribe. member of a federally
recognized tribe.
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The proposed use of the information: The information collected will
be used by the Indian Arts and Craft Board:
(a) To determine whether an individual or business meets the
eligibility requirements for inclusion in the Source Directory, i.e.,
whether they are either an American Indian or Alaska Native owned and
operated cooperative, tribal enterprise, or nonprofit organization, or
an enrolled member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or
Alaska Native group;
(b) To identify the applicant's business information to be printed
in the Source Directory.
III. Data
(1) Title: Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts
Board, Source Directory of American Indian and Alaska Native owned and
operated arts and crafts businesses.
OMB Control Number: 1085-0001.
Type of Review: Renewal of an existing collection.
Affected Entities: Business or other for-profit; tribes.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 100.
Frequency of response: Annual.
(2) Annual reporting and recordkeeping burden:
Total annual reporting per respondent: 15 minutes.
Total annual reporting: 25 hours.
(3) Description of the need and use of the information: Submission
of this information is required to receive the benefit of being listed
in the Indian Arts and Crafts Board Source Directory. The information
is collected to determine the applicant's eligibility for the service
and to obtain the applicant's name and business address to be printed
in the publication.
IV. Request for Comments
The Department of the Interior invites comments on:
(a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information will have practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
collection and the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide
information to or for a federal agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able
to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, to
complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or
otherwise disclose the information.
All written comments will be available for public inspection in
Room 2058 of the Main Interior Building, 1849 C Street, NW.,
Washington, DC from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. A valid picture identification is required
for entry into the Department of the Interior. The comments, with names
and addresses, will be available for public view during regular
business hours. If you wish us to withhold your personal information,
you must prominently taste at the beginning of your comment what
personal information you want us to withhold. We will honor your
request to the extent allowable by law.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.
Dated: March 24, 2005.
Meridith Z. Stanton,
Director, Indian Arts and Crafts Board.
[FR Doc. 05-6157 Filed 3-28-05; 8:45 am]