[Federal Register: August 11, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 155)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Indian Arts and Crafts Board
Renewal of Information Collection for Source Directory
Publication
AGENCY: Indian Arts and Crafts Board.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Indian Arts and Crafts Board (IACB) collects information
to identify and revise listings for the Source Directory of American
Indian and Alaska Native Owned and Operated Arts and Crafts Businesses
(Source Directory). In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, the IACB has submitted a request for renewal of approval of this
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
and requests public comments on this submission.
DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information
collection request, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public
comments should be submitted to OMB by September 10, 2008, in order to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Send your written comments by facsimile (202) 395-6566 or e-
mail (OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov) to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention:
Department of the Interior Desk Officer (1085-0001). Also, please send
a copy of your comments to Meridith Z. Stanton, Indian Arts and Crafts
Board, U.S. Department of the Interior, MS 2058-MIB, 1849 C Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20240. If you wish to submit comments by facsimile,
the number is (202) 208-5196, or by e-mail to ``iacb@ios.doi.gov''.
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
2528-MIB, Washington, DC 20240. You may also request additional
information by telephone (202) 208-3773 (not a toll free call), or 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 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 listing of American Indian and
Alaska Native owned and operated arts and crafts businesses that may be
accessed by the public on the Indian Arts and Crafts Board's Web site
http://www.iacb.doi.gov.
The service of being listed in this directory 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 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
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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 draft of their business information in a
format like the other Source Directory listings, (2) 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 (3) 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, To identify the business to be
city, zip code (highway location, listed in the Source
Indian reservation, etc.), telephone Directory, and method of
number and 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 Web site 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 To determine whether the
enterprise, a copy of documents business meets the eligibility
showing that the organization is requirement for listing in the
formally organized under tribal, state Source Directory.
or federal law.
Signed certification that the business To obtain verification that
is an American Indian or Alaska Native the business is an American
owned and operated cooperative, tribal Indian or Alaska Native owned
enterprise, or nonprofit organization. and 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 business is a member of a the business owner is an
federally 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; and
(b) To identify the applicant's business information to be printed
in the Source Directory.
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. The
IACB has submitted a request to OMB to renew its approval of this
information collection for an additional three years. There are four
types of application forms: (1) New businesses--group; (2) new
businesses--individual; (3) businesses already listed--group; and (4)
businesses already listed--individual. Each respondent will only be
asked to complete one application form.
As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a Federal Register notice
soliciting comments on the collection of information was published on
May 19, 2008 (73 FR 28836). No comments were received. This notice
provides the public with an additional 30 days in which to comment on
the following information collection activity.
III. Data
(1) Title: Source Directory of American Indian and Alaska Native
owned and operated arts and crafts businesses application and renewal
forms.
OMB Control Number: 1085-0001.
Type of Review: Renewal of an existing collection.
Affected Entities: American Indian owned or operated arts and
crafts businesses.
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 Burden Hours: 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 added to
the online directory.
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
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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 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.
Dated: August 6, 2008.
Meridith Z. Stanton,
Director, Indian Arts and Crafts Board.
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