[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 30550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12510]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Approved Tribal--State Class III Gaming Compact.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes approval by the Department of an 
extension to the Class III Gaming Compact between the Pyramid Lake 
Paiute Indian Tribe and the State of Nevada.

DATES: Effective Date: May 23, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy and 
Economic Development, Washington, DC 20240, (202) 219-4066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 11 of the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 
2710(d)(8)(D), the Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the 
Federal Register notice of approved tribal-state compacts for the 
purpose of engaging in Class III gaming activities on Indian lands. The 
existing Class III Gaming Compact between the Pyramid Lake Paiute 
Indian Tribe and the State of Nevada became effective upon publication 
of the Notice of Approval in the Federal Register on February 23, 2010 
(47 FR 44678). This agreement allows for the extension of the existing 
Tribal-State Compact for a period of one (1) year.

    Dated: May 11, 2012.
Donald E. Laverdure,
Acting Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2012-12510 Filed 5-22-12; 8:45 am]
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