[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 202 (Friday, October 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61917-61918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24722]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6402]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Taking Shape: Finding Sculpture in the Decorative 
Arts''

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 ``Taking Shape: Finding Sculpture in the 
Decorative Arts'' 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 J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, 
from on or about March 31, 2009, until on or about July 5, 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 Wolodymyr Sulzynsky, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of

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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 9, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
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