[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 212 (Friday, October 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 65000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26071]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6420]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the 
Second Millennium B.C.''

ACTION: Notice, Correction.

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SUMMARY: On September 10, 2008, notice was published on page 52720 of 
the Federal Register (volume 73, number 176) of determinations made by 
the Department of State pertaining to the exhibit, ``Beyond Babylon: 
Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C.'' The 
referenced notice is corrected as to additional objects to be included 
in the exhibition. 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 additional objects to be included in the exhibition ``Beyond 
Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C.'', 
imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, 
are of cultural significance. The additional 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 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, from on or about 
November 18, 2008, until on or about March 15, 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 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 23, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E8-26071 Filed 10-30-08; 8:45 am]
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