[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 82 (Monday, April 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 22991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9240]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6198]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture Around 
the Bay of Naples''

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 ``Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and 
Culture Around the Bay of Naples'', 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 National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 
from on or about October 19, 2008, until on or about March 22, 2009; at 
the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, from on or about 
May 3, 2009, until on or about October 4, 2009, 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 Richard Lahne, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/
453-8058). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th 
Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: April 20, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E8-9240 Filed 4-25-08; 8:45 am]
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