[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 150 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19679]


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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 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 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, has 
approved the Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact between the 
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation and the State 
of Washington, which was executed on June 9, 1996.

DATES: This action is effective August 2, 1996.

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

    Dated: July 26, 1996.
Ada E. Deer,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 96-19679 Filed 8-1-96; 8:45 am]
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