[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 179 (Friday, September 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 54549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15353]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5547]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Claude Lorrain--The Painter as Draftsman: Drawings 
from the British Museum''

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, Delegation of Authority No. 236 
of October 19, 1999, 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 ``Claude Lorrain--The Painter as Draftsman: 
Drawings from the British Museum,'' 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 
owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display 
of the exhibit objects at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San 
Francisco, California, from on or about October 14, 2006, until on or 
about January 14, 2007, at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Museum, 
Williamstown, Massachusetts, beginning on or about February 4, 2007, 
until on or about April 29, 2007, 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 the exhibit objects, contact Wolodymyr Sulzynsky, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 
(telephone: 202/453-8050). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-
44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: September 11, 2006.
Alina L. Romanowski,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, 
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E6-15353 Filed 9-14-06; 8:45 am]
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