[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 53970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20151]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4815]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition

    Determinations: ``Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640): The Drawings''
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 
(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 ``Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640): The 
Drawings,'' 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. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the 
Metropolitan Museum Art, New York, NY, from on or about January 14, 
2005, to on or about April 3, 2005, 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 Julianne Simpson, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, 
(telephone: 202/619-6529). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-
44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: August 27, 2004.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 04-20151 Filed 9-2-04; 8:45 am]
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