[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 71 (Friday, April 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 18722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7040]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5772]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Treasures From the Hermitage and Guggenheim 
Collections''

    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 ``Treasures from the Hermitage and 
Guggenheim Collections'', 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 Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada, 
from on or about May 25, 2007, until on or about February 29, 2008, 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: April 5, 2007.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E7-7040 Filed 4-12-07; 8:45 am]
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