71 FR 121 pg. 36160 - Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Holy Image Hallowed Ground: Icon From Sinai”

Type: NOTICEVolume: 71Number: 121Page: 36160
Docket number: [Public Notice 5450]
FR document: [FR Doc. E6-9960 Filed 6-22-06; 8:45 am]
Agency: State Department
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5450]

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: "Holy Image Hallowed Ground: Icon From Sinai"

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 "Holy Image Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai," 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 J. Paul Getty Trust, from on or about November 14, 2006, until on or about March 4, 2007, and at possible additional 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 Paul Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/453-8050). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

Dated: June 15, 2006.

C. Miller Crouch,

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs,Department of State.

[FR Doc. E6-9960 Filed 6-22-06; 8:45 am]

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