[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48582-48583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19965]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7980]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Plants of Virtue and Rocks by a Stream'' by Shitao

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: 
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965, 
Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
Restructuring Act of 1998, Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 
1, 1999, and Delegation of Authority No. 236-3 of August 28, 2000 (and, 
as appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I 
hereby determine that the object entitled ``Plants of Virtue and Rocks 
by a Stream'' by Shitao to be imported by The Santa Barbara Museum of 
Art from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, is 
of cultural significance. The object is imported pursuant to a loan 
agreement with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that 
the exhibition or display of the exhibit object at The Santa Barbara 
Museum of Art in Santa Barbara, California from on or about October 20, 
2012 to on or about January 20, 2013, as part of its exhibition 
entitled ``The Artful Recluse: Seventeenth Century Chinese Painting and 
Calligraphy''; and possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be 
determined; is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public 
Notice of these Determinations be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
listing of the exhibit object, contact Ona M. Hahs, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-
632-6473). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, 
Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: August 6, 2012.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2012-19965 Filed 8-13-12; 8:45 am]
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