[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 66390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29819]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6852]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice 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 ``Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice 
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 
Field Museum, Chicago, IL, from on or about March 5, 2010, until on or 
about September 6, 2010; at the Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, 
NJ, from on or about October 16, 2010, until on or about January 9, 
2011; at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX, from on or 
about February 19, 2011, until on or about May 30, 2011; at the 
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, MO, from on or about November 25, 
2011, until on or about April 15, 2012; at the Anchorage Museum, 
Anchorage, AK, from on or about May 26, 2012, until on or about 
September 3, 2012; at the Museum of Science, Boston, MA, from on or 
about October 13, 2012, until on or about January 13, 2013; at the 
Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO, from on or about 
February 15, 2013, until on or about May 27, 2013; at the San Diego 
Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA, from on or about July 4, 2013, 
until on or about October 6, 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 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, Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: December 8, 2009.
Maura M. Pally,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, 
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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