[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 21384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9469]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6978]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces From the Musee 
d'Orsay''

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 ``Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from 
the Musee d'Orsay,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition 
within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are 
imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign owner or 
custodian. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the 
exhibit objects at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San 
Francisco, CA, from on or about May 22, 2010, until on or about 
September 6, 2010; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, 
from on or about October 15, 2010, until January 23, 2011, and at 
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 
list of the exhibit objects, contact Julie Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-
632-6467). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, 
Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: April 19, 2010.
Judith A. McHale,
Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2010-9469 Filed 4-22-10; 8:45 am]
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