[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 174 (Wednesday, September 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 48292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24106]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determination: ``Sepphoris Mosaic''

AGENCY: United States Information Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: 
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 
(79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978 
(43 FR 13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order No. 85-5 of June 
27, 1985 (50 FR 27393, July 2, 1985), I hereby determine that the 
object ``Synagogue Mosaic from Sepphoris,'' to be included in the 
exhibit, ``Sepphoris Mosaic,'' imported from abroad for the temporary 
exhibition without profit within the United States, is of cultural 
significance. This object is imported pursuant to a loan agreement with 
the foreign lender. I also determine that the exhibition or display of 
the object at the Carneigie Musuem of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, from on or 
abourt September 9, 1998, to on or about December 6, 1998, is in the 
national interest. Public Notice of these determinations is ordered to 
be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Neila Sheahan, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General 
Counsel, 202/619-5030, and the address is Room 700, U.S. Information 
Agency, 301 4th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: September 2, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-24106 Filed 9-8-98; 8:45 am]
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