[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 174 (Wednesday, September 9, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 48292] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-24106] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determination: ``Sepphoris Mosaic'' AGENCY: United States Information Agency. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (43 FR 13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order No. 85-5 of June 27, 1985 (50 FR 27393, July 2, 1985), I hereby determine that the object ``Synagogue Mosaic from Sepphoris,'' to be included in the exhibit, ``Sepphoris Mosaic,'' imported from abroad for the temporary exhibition without profit within the United States, is of cultural significance. This object is imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign lender. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the object at the Carneigie Musuem of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, from on or abourt September 9, 1998, to on or about December 6, 1998, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Neila Sheahan, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, 202/619-5030, and the address is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20547-0001. Dated: September 2, 1998. Les Jin, General Counsel. [FR Doc. 98-24106 Filed 9-8-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8230-01-M