[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 241 (Monday, December 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76085-76086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29630]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6452]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age''

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 ``Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes of the 
Golden Age,'' 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 February 
1, 2009, until on or about May 3, 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

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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: December 3, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
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