[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 119 (Monday, June 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 35668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15207]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compacts taking effect.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Indian Gaming Compacts between the 
State of New Mexico and the Jicarilla Apache Nation, Mescalero Apache 
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, Navajo Nation, Pueblo of Acoma, and 
Pueblo of Jemez governing Class III gaming (Compacts) taking effect.

DATES: Effective June 22, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 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 (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. As required by 25 CFR Sec.  
293.4, all compacts are subject to review and approval by the 
Secretary. The Secretary took no action on the Compacts within 45 days 
of their submission. Therefore, the Compacts are considered to have 
been approved, but only to the extent the Compacts are consistent with 
IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C).

    Dated: June 16, 2015.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2015-15207 Filed 6-19-15; 8:45 am]
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