[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 42650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16771]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6302]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Transcendent Art: Icons from Yaroslavl, Russia''

    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 ``Transcendent Art: Icons from Yaroslavl, Russia,'' 
imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, 
are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a 
loan agreement with the foreign owner or custodian. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Museum of 
Russian Art, Minneapolis, MN, from on or about September 20, 2008, 
until on or about January 24, 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 Carol B. Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal 
Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/453-8048). The 
address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 
700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: July 15, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E8-16771 Filed 7-21-08; 8:45 am]
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