[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 161 (Friday, August 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 42356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20146]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[PUBLIC NOTICE 6734]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Vermeer's Masterpiece: The Milkmaid''

ACTION: Notice; Correction.

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SUMMARY: On June 19, 2009, notice was published on page 29262 of the 
Federal Register (volume 74, number 117) of determinations made by the 
Department of State pertaining to the exhibit ``Vermeer's Masterpiece: 
The Milkmaid.'' 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 objects to be included in the 
exhibition ``Vermeer's Masterpiece: The Milkmaid,'' 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 September 9, 2009, until 
on or about November 29, 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 Carol B. Epstein, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 
(telephone: 202/632-6473). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-
5, L/PD, Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: August 11, 2009.
Maura M. Pally,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, 
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E9-20146 Filed 8-20-09; 8:45 am]
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