[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 156 (Thursday, August 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48559-48560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19972]


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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: The Department provides notice that the Indian Gaming Compact 
between the State of New Mexico and Ohkay Owingeh governing Class III 
gaming (Compact) is in effect pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory 
Act.

DATES: Effective Date: August 13, 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 293.4, all 
compacts are subject to review

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and approval by the Secretary. The Secretary took no action on the 
Compact within 45 days of its submission. Therefore, the Compact is 
considered to have been approved, but only to the extent the Compact is 
consistent with IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C).

    Dated: August 6, 2015.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2015-19972 Filed 8-12-15; 8:45 am]
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