[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15869-15870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6157]


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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 ``[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, 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 ``[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 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]
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