[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3241-3242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00898]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[DR.5B711.IA000813]
Indian Gaming
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact taking effect.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Class III Tribal-State Gaming
Compact between the Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute
Indians and the State of California.
DATES: Effective Date: January 17, 2014.
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. 2701 et
seq., 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 Compact
between the State of California and the Fort Independence Indian
Community of Paiute Indians allows for one gaming facility and
authorizes the Tribe to operate up to 850 gaming devices. The Tribe
will make revenue sharing payments for gaming devices operated in
excess of 350. Finally, the term of the Compact is until December 31,
2034. The Secretary took no action on the Compact within 45 days of its
submission by the Tribe and the State. Therefore, the Compact is
considered to have been approved, but only to the extent that the
Compact is consistent with IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C).
Dated: January 2, 2014.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2014-00898 Filed 1-16-14; 8:45 am]
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