[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 202 (Friday, October 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 61917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24724]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6403]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Fragment to Vase: Approaches to Ceramic Restoration''

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 five objects 
to be included in the exhibition ``Fragment to Vase: Approaches to 
Ceramic Restoration,'' 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 two of 
these objects at the Getty Villa, Malibu, CA, from on or about December 
18, 2008, until on or about June 1, 2009, and at possible additional 
exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national 
interest. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the 
remaining three objects at the Getty Villa, Malibu, CA, from on or 
about January 1, 2013, until on or about September 1, 2013, 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 10, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
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