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Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10114] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Object Imported for 

Exhibition Determinations: Exhibition 

of ‘‘Inlaid Brass Candlestick From Iran’’ 

Object 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that a certain object entitled 

‘‘Inlaid Brass Candlestick from Iran,’’ 

imported 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 owner or custodian. I 

also determine that the exhibition or 

display of the exhibit object at The 

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 

New York, from on or about October 1, 

2017, until on or about September 30, 

2022, and at possible additional 

exhibitions or venues yet to be 

determined, is in the national interest. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including 

information identifying the object, 

contact Elliot Chiu in the Office of the 

Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 

(telephone: 202–632–6471; email: 

section2459@state.gov). The mailing 

address is U.S. Department of State, 

L/PD, SA–5, Suite 5H03, Washington, 

DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 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. 236–3 of August 28, 

2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of 

Authority No. 257–1 of December 11, 

2015). I have ordered that Public Notice 

of these determinations be published in 

the Federal Register. 

Alyson Grunder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10113] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Imported for 

Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Vermeer 

and the Masters of Genre Painting: 

Inspiration and Rivalry’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that certain objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Vermeer 

and the Masters of Genre Painting: 

Inspiration and Rivalry,’’ 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 National 

Gallery of Art, Washington, District of 

Columbia, from on or about October 22, 

2017, until on or about January 21, 

2018, and at possible additional 

exhibitions or venues yet to be 

determined, is in the national interest. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the imported objects, contact Elliot Chiu 

in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. 

Department of State (telephone: 202– 

632–6471; email: section2459@

state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of State, L/PD, SA–5, Suite 

5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 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. 236–3 of August 28, 

2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of 

Authority No. 257–1 of December 11, 

2015). I have ordered that Public Notice 

of these determinations be published in 

the Federal Register. 

Alyson Grunder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10111] 

Procedures With Respect to 

Presidential Permits Where There Has 

Been a Transfer of Ownership or 

Control of a Cross-Border Facility, 

Bridge, or Border Crossing for Land 

Transportation, as Well as for Name 

Change of a Permit Holder 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The President of the United 

States has authority to require permits 

for transboundary infrastructure projects 

based on his Constitutional powers over 

foreign affairs and national security. The 

Department is issuing this notice to 

describe the procedures it intends to 

follow with respect to transfers of 

ownership or control over cross-border 

facilities subject to Executive Order 

11423, as amended, and Executive 

Order 13337, as well as changes of name 

of an entity holding a Presidential 

permit. This notice supersedes a 

previous notice, Public Notice 5092 

(Procedures for Issuance of a 

Presidential Permit Where There Has 

Been a Transfer of the Underlying 

Facility, Bridge or Border Crossing for 

Land Transportation, 70 FR 30990, May 

31, 2005), in its entirety. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marcus Lee, Bureau of Energy 

Resources, U.S. Department of State, 

2201 C St. NW Suite 4422, Washington, 

DC 20520, (202) 485–1522 for issues 

related to Executive Order 13337; Litah 

Miller, Bureau of Western Hemisphere 

Affairs, U.S. Department of State, 2201 

C St. NW Suite 6262, Washington, DC 

20520 (202) 647–9894 for issues related 

to Executive Order 11423. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 24, 2017, the President issued 

Executive Order 13766 on Expediting 

Environmental Reviews and Approvals 

for High Priority Infrastructure Projects 

in which he set forth the general policy 

of the Executive Branch ‘‘to streamline 

and expedite, in a manner consistent 

with law, . . . approvals for all 

infrastructure projects, especially 

projects that are a high priority for the 

Nation,’’ and cited pipelines, bridges, 

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and highways as examples of such high 

priority projects. The Secretary shares 

the President’s priorities regarding the 

expeditious review of infrastructure 

projects, including pipelines, bridges, 

and highways. In order to carry out this 

policy, the Department of State 

(Department) is undertaking a 

comprehensive assessment of its 

Presidential permit application review 

processes and is issuing this public 

notice as part of this effort. 

The President of the United States 

requires permits for transboundary 

infrastructure projects based upon his 

inherent foreign affairs and national 

security authority vested in Article II of 

the Constitution. In Executive Orders 

11423 and 13337, acting pursuant to the 

Constitution and laws of the United 

States, including Section 301 of Title 3 

of the United States Code, the President 

delegated to the Secretary of State the 

authority to receive applications and 

make determinations regarding approval 

or denial of Presidential permits for 

certain types of border facilities upon a 

national interest determination. The 

functions assigned to the Secretary have 

been further delegated within the 

Department. Because the determination 

is Presidential action, made through the 

exercise of Presidentially delegated 

authorities, the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), the National Historic 

Preservation Act of 1966, the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, the 

Administrative Procedure Act, and 

other similar laws and regulations that 

do not apply to Presidential actions are 

inapplicable. However, as a matter of 

policy, the Department conducts its 

review of Presidential permit 

applications in a manner consistent 

with NEPA. 

The Department provides support to 

the relevant Department decision maker 

in exercising this delegated Presidential 

authority with respect to particular 

applications for new Presidential 

permits or to the modification, 

amendment, suspension, revocation, or 

transfer of existing Presidential permits. 

For applications made under Executive 

Order 13337, the Department’s Bureau 

of Energy Resources (ENR) provides 

such support. For applications made 

under Executive Order 11423, the 

Department’s Bureau of Western 

Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) provides 

such support. 

In 2005, the Department issued Public 

Notice 5092 (Procedures for Issuance of 

a Presidential Permit Where There Has 

Been a Transfer of the Underlying 

Facility, Bridge or Border Crossing for 

Land Transportation, 70 FR 30990, May 

31, 2005) to provide guidance regarding 

the procedures the Department intended 

to follow where there had been a 

transfer of an underlying facility, bridge, 

or border crossing for land 

transportation for which a Presidential 

permit had already been issued. 

In order to expedite the processing of 

transfers of infrastructure projects 

authorized under existing Presidential 

permits, including those that are a high 

priority for the Nation, as well as to 

provide Presidential permit holders and 

potential transferees with increased 

transparency regarding the procedures 

that the Department intends to follow 

with respect to such requests, the 

Department is issuing this public notice, 

which supersedes Public Notice 5092 in 

its entirety. This notice also clarifies 

that a request by an existing permit 

holder limited to changing the name of 

the entity holding the permit can be 

processed by the Department in a more 

expedited manner. The Department 

reserves the right to deviate from these 

procedures in particular cases. 

Procedures for Transfers of Ownership 

or Control of Cross-Border Facilities 

1. If the notification to the Department 

is limited to a change or proposed 

change in ownership or control of crossborder facilities subject to Executive 

Order 11423, as amended, and 

Executive Order 13337, and does not 

include any other change involving the 

permitted facilities, an entity seeking to 

transfer such control or ownership shall 

provide in writing: 

(a) A commitment to the Department 

that it will abide by the relevant terms 

and conditions of the previously-issued 

permit; 

(b) Information identifying the entities 

and/or persons who will own and/or 

control the facilities (including details 

regarding place of incorporation or 

organization; ultimate ownership; 

ownership or control by any non-U.S. 

person; any special arrangements 

regarding control; and other relevant 

information); 

(c) Information concerning its 

acquisition or proposed acquisition of 

the relevant facility, bridge, or border 

crossing from the prior permit holder 

(including transfer instruments, as 

relevant); and 

(d) Any other relevant information 

concerning its operation of the facility, 

bridge, or border crossing. 

2. The Department will evaluate what 

further steps it may take, consistent 

with NEPA, with respect to 

environmental review of the notified 

permit transfer in light of the available 

information. Provided that no 

information is brought to the 

Department’s attention that the transfer 

potentially would have a significant 

impact on the quality of the human 

environment; the transferee commits to 

abide by the relevant terms and 

conditions of the previously-issued 

permit; and the transferee further 

indicates that the operations of the 

relevant facility, bridge, or border 

crossing will remain essentially 

unchanged from that previously 

authorized, the Department will notify 

the transferee that it will not conduct an 

environmental review. 

3. The Department will seek the views 

of other Executive departments and 

agencies, as appropriate, as to whether 

the transfer should affect the prior 

determination by the President, the 

Secretary, or the Secretary’s delegate 

that resulted in the issuance of the 

existing permit. If, however, either 

before or after such interagency 

consultation the Secretary of State or his 

delegate determines that the transfer 

requires a new national interest 

determination and issuance of a new 

permit, the Department will process the 

application in accordance with the 

procedures for issuance of a new permit 

set forth in Executive Order 11423, as 

amended, or Executive Order 13337, as 

applicable. Otherwise, the Department 

will issue a notice in the Federal 

Register recording the change within 90 

days of either the date on which the 

Department notifies the transferee under 

paragraph two above or the date on 

which the Department completes its 

environmental review. 

Procedures for Name Changes of Permit 

Holder of Cross-Border Facilities 

If the notification to the Department is 

limited to a change in the entity’s name 

and does not include any change in 

ownership or control of the permitted 

facilities, or any other change involving 

the facilities, the procedures listed 

above are inapplicable and the 

Department will confirm its receipt of 

such notification and indicate what 

information, if any, the Department 

requires to process the notification as 

complete. The Department will issue a 

notice in the Federal Register recording 

this change within 90 days of receiving 

a completed notification. 

Further information can be found at 

the https://www.state.gov/p/wha/rt/ 

permit/index.htm. 

Judith G. Garber, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans 

and International Environmental and 

Scientific Affairs. 

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