[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 197 (Friday, October 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58146-58147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20161]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5957]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Objects for Water: H2O=Life''

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 ``Objects for Water: H2O=Life,'' 
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 owner or custodian. I also determine that 
the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the American Museum 
of Natural History, New York, NY, from on or about November 3, 2007, 
until on or about May 26, 2008; San Diego Natural History Museum, San 
Diego, CA, from on or about July 19, 2008, until on or about November 
30, 2008; Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, from on or about 
January 17,

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2009, until on or about April 26, 2009; The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, 
from on or about June 12, 2009, until on or about September 20, 2009; 
Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland, OH, from on or about November 
14, 2009, until on or about April 11, 2010, and at possible additional 
exhibitions or 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: October 5, 2007.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E7-20161 Filed 10-11-07; 8:45 am]
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