Notice2023-13960
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget; Northeast Region Alaska Native Handicrafts
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Published
June 30, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentFish and Wildlife Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are proposing to renew an information collection without change.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42385-42386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13960]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R7-MB-2023-N053; FF07M01000-234-FXMB12310700000; OMB Control
Number 1018-0168]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget; Northeast Region Alaska Native
Handicrafts
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, we, the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, are proposing to renew an information
collection without change.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
July 31, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted within 30 days of
publication of this notice at <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information collection by selecting
``Currently under Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the
search function. Please provide a copy of your comments to the Service
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS: PRB (JAO/3W), 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-
3803 (mail); or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#377e5951586874585b5b7751404419505841"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="521b3c343d0d113d3e3e123425217c353d24">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference ``1018-
0168'' in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madonna L. Baucum, Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#50193e363f0f133f3c3c103627237e373f26"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="98d1f6fef7c7dbf7f4f4d8feefebb6fff7ee">[email protected]</span></a>, or by
telephone at (703) 358-2503. Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial
711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay
services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay
services offered within their country to make international calls to
the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and its implementing regulations at 5
CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all information collections require approval under
the PRA. We may not conduct or sponsor and you are not required to
respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
On March 20, 2023, we published in the Federal Register (88 FR
16660) a notice of our intent to request that OMB approve this
information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60
days, ending on May 19, 2023. In an effort to increase public awareness
of, and participation in, our public commenting processes associated
with information collection requests, the Service also published the
Federal Register notice on <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> (Docket No. FWS-R7-MB-2023-
0001) to provide the public with an additional method to submit
comments (in addition to the typical <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f1b89f979eaeb29e9d9db1978682df969e87"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dc95b2bab3839fb3b0b09cbaabaff2bbb3aa">[email protected]</span></a> email and U.S.
mail submission methods). We received two comments in response to that
notice; however, they did not address the information collection
requirements. No response to those comments is required.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies to comment on
new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This
helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements
and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public
understand our information collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
We are especially interested in public comment addressing the
following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) How might the agency 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 technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of response.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available
at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Abstract: The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (16 U.S.C. 712(1))
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with the
treaties with Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Russia, to ``issue such
regulations as may be necessary to assure that the taking of migratory
birds and the collection of their eggs, by the indigenous inhabitants
of the State of Alaska, shall be permitted for their own nutritional
and other essential needs, as determined by the Secretary of the
Interior, during the Alaska spring and summer migratory bird
subsistence harvest seasons so as to provide for the preservation and
maintenance of stocks of migratory birds.'' Article II(4)(b) of the
Protocol between the United States and Canada amending the 1916
Convention for the Protection of Migratory Birds in Canada and the
United States (Protocol) provides a legal basis for Alaska Native
people to be able to sell handicrafts that contain the inedible parts
of birds taken for food during the Alaska spring and summer migratory
bird subsistence harvest. The Protocol also dictates that sales would
be allowed in strictly limited situations, pursuant to a regulation by
a competent authority in cooperation with management bodies. The
Protocol does not authorize the taking of migratory birds for
commercial purposes.
In 2017, we issued a final rule (July 24, 2017, 82 FR 34263),
developed under a co-management process involving the Alaska Department
of Fish and Game and Alaska Native representatives, that amended the
permanent migratory bird subsistence harvest regulations at 50 CFR 92.6
to enable Alaska Native people to sell authentic native articles of
handicraft or
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clothing that contain inedible byproducts from migratory birds that
were taken for food during the Alaska migratory bird subsistence
harvest season. Article II(4)(b) of the Protocol dictates that sales
will be under strictly limited situations. The sale by Alaska Native
people of a limited number of handicrafts containing inedible migratory
bird parts provides a small source of additional income that we
conclude is necessary for the ``essential needs'' of Alaska Native
people in predominantly rural Alaska. This limited opportunity for sale
is consistent with the language of the Protocol and is expressly noted
in the Letter of Submittal dated May 20, 1996, for the Treaty Protocol,
specifically Article II(4)(b) of the Protocol, to be consistent with
the customary and traditional uses of Alaska Native people. The
activity by Alaska Native people is also consistent with the
preservation and maintenance of migratory bird stocks.
Alaska Native artists will show eligibility with a Tribal
enrollment card, Bureau of Indian Affairs card, or membership in the
Silver Hand program. The State of Alaska Silver Hand program helps
Alaska Native artists promote their work in the marketplace and enables
consumers to identify and purchase authentic Alaska Native art. The
Silver Hand insignia indicates that the artwork on which it appears is
created by hand in Alaska by an individual Alaska Native artist. Only
original contemporary and traditional Alaska Native artwork, not
reproductions or manufactured work, may be identified and marketed with
the Silver Hand insignia. To be eligible for a 2-year Silver Hand
permit, an Alaska Native artist must be a full-time resident of Alaska,
be at least 18 years old, and provide documentation of membership in a
federally recognized Alaska Native tribe. The Silver Hand insignia may
only be attached to original work that is produced in the State of
Alaska.
The final rule requires that FWS Form 3-2484 (a simple
certification which is not subject to the PRA) or a Silver Hand
insignia accompany each Alaska Native article of handicraft or clothing
that contains inedible migratory bird parts. It also requires all
consignees, sellers, and purchasers to retain this documentation with
each item and produce it upon the request of a law enforcement officer.
The final rule also requires that artists maintain adequate records of
the certification or Silver Hand insignia with each item and requires
artists and sellers/consignees to provide the documentation to buyers.
These recordkeeping and third-party notification requirements are
subject to the PRA and require OMB approval.
The public may request copies of a Form 3-2484 contained in this
information collection by sending a request to the Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer (see ADDRESSES).
Title of Collection: Alaska Native Handicrafts, 50 CFR 92.6.
OMB Control Number: 1018-0168.
Form Numbers: 3-2484.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and businesses.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 2 (placeholder of 1
respondent associated with the regulatory requirement for each
respondent category).
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 5 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 0.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
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 OMB control number.
The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-13960 Filed 6-29-23; 8:45 am]
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