[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 66 (Friday, April 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 17217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6477]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5747]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Mythic Beasts''

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 ``Mythic Beasts'', 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 American Museum of Natural 
History, New York, New York, from on or about May 26, 2007, until on or 
about January 6, 2008, The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, from on or 
about March 21, 2008, until on or about September 1, 2008, the Fernbank 
Museum, Atlanta, Georgia, from on or about February 11, 2011, until on 
or about August 11, 2011 (following exportation and re-importation of 
the exhibit objects), 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 Julie Simpson, 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: April 2, 2007.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
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