[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37286-37287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17912]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6708]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Eccentric Visions: The Worlds of Luo Ping (1733-
1799)''

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 ``Eccentric Visions: The Worlds of Luo Ping 
(1733-1799),'' 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 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, from on or about October 
6, 2009, until on or about January 10, 2010, 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.

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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 20, 2009.
C. Miller Crouch,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
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