[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 149 (Thursday, August 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40293-40295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19306]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Indian Arts and Crafts Board


Proposed Agency 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 announces an information 
collection to identify and revise listings for the Source Directory of 
American Indian and Alaska native owned and operated arts and crafts 
businesses. Comments on this collection are requested from the public. 
After the public review, we will submit the information collection to 
OIRA-OMB for review and approval as required by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995.

DATES: Submit comments on or before October 1, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send your written comments to Attention: Indian Arts and 
Crafts Board, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, N.W., MS-
4004 MIB, Washington, D.C. 20240. If you wish to submit comments by 
facsimile, the number is (202) 208-5196, or you may send them by e-mail 
to ``[email protected]''. 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, N.W., 
MS 4004 MIB, Washington, D.C. 20240. You may

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also call (202) 208-3773 (not a toll free call), or send your request 
by e-mail to ``[email protected]'' 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 crafts 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 the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 
15250-7954, for a cost of $8.00 which includes shipping and handling. 
The business listings are also available on the Board's website located 
at ``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 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, city,    To identify the business to
 zip code (highway location, Indian          be listed in the Source
 reservation, etc.), telephone number and    Directory, and method of
 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, a   To determine whether the
 copy of documents showing that the          business meets the
 organization is formally organized under    eligibility requirement for
 tribal, state or federal law.               listing in the Source
                                             Directory.
Signed certification that the business is   To obtain verification that
 an American Indian or Alaska native owned   the business is an American
 and operated cooperative, tribal            Indian or Alaska Native
 enterprise, or nonprofit organization.      owned and operated
                                             business.
Copy of the business owner's tribal         To determine whether the
 enrollment card.                            business owner is an
                                             enrolled number of a
                                             federally-recognized tribe.
Signed certification that the owner of the  To obtain verification that
 business is a member of a federally         the business owner is an
 recognized tribe.                           enrolled 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 Crafts 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-xxxx.
    Type of Review: New Collection.
    Affected Entities: Business or other for-profit; Tribes.
    Estimated annual number of respondents: 100.
    Frequency of response: Annual.
    (2) Annual reporting and record keeping 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

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    (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 4004 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, names and 
addresses of commenters will be available for public view during 
regular business hours. If you wish us to withhold your personal 
information, you must state what personal information you want us to 
withhold prominently at the beginning of your comment. 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: July 27, 2001.
Meridith Z. Stanton,
Director, Indian Arts and Crafts Board.
[FR Doc. 01-19306 Filed 8-1-01; 8:45 am]
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