[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 54098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18126]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5189]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Pompeii: Stories from an Eruption''

AGENCY: Department of State.

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, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 [112 
Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.], Delegation of 
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999 [64 FR 56014], Delegation of 
Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999 [64 FR 57920], as amended, and 
Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I 
hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition, 
``Pompeii: Stories from an Eruption,'' imported from abroad for 
temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural 
significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with 
the foreign lenders. I also determine that the exhibition or display of 
the exhibit objects at the Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, from on or 
about October 22, 2005, to on or about March 26, 2006, and at possible 
additional venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. 
Public Notice of these determinations is ordered to be published in the 
Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of exhibit objects, contact Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, 202/453-8052, and the address is United 
States Department of State, SA-44, Room 700, 301 4th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: September 7, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-18126 Filed 9-12-05; 8:45 am]
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