[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 4477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2452]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approval for Blackjack Amendment to Tribal-State 
Compact.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 2710, of the Indian Gaming Regulatory 
Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-497), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
publish, in the Federal Register, notice of approved Tribal-State 
Compacts or considered approved for the purpose of engaging in Class 
III (casino) gambling on Indian reservations. The Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, through her delegated 
authority, is publishing an Amendment to the Tribal-State Compact For 
Regulation of Class III Gaming Between the Coquille Indian Tribe and 
the State of Oregon, which is considered approved, but only to the 
extent the amendment is consistent with the provisions of the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of the Interior neither 
approved nor disapproved the Coquille Indian Tribe's Blackjack 
Amendment within the 45-day statutory deadline set forth in 25 U.S.C. 
2710 (d)(8)(C). The deadline expired on January 4, 1996. Thus, the 
Coquille Indian Tribe's Blackjack Amendment is considered approved as 
specified in 25 U.S.C. 2710 (d)(8)(C), to the extent that is consisting 
with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

DATES: This action is effective February 6, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George T. Skibine, Director, Indian 
Gaming Management Staff, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC 
20240, (202) 219-4068.

    Dated: January 29, 1996.
Ada E. Deer,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 96-2452 Filed 2-5-96; 8:45 am]
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