[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 214 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 59878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29300]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Notice of Tribal-State Gaming Compact Taking Effect

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 
1988 (IGRA) Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of 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, is publishing the 
Tribal-State Compacts between the Pueblo of Picuris, the Pueblo of 
Santa Ana, the Jicarilla Apache Tribe and the State of New Mexico 
executed on August 20, 1997, and the Pueblo of Nambe and the State of 
New Mexico executed on September 5, 1997. By the terms of IGRA these 
Compacts are considered approved, but only to the extent the Compacts 
are consistent with the provision of IGRA.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department believes that the decision to 
let the 45-day statutory deadline for approval or disapproval of the 
Compacts expire without taking action is the most appropriate course of 
action given the unique history of state and federal court cases and 
legislative actions that have shaped the course of Indian gaming in New 
Mexico. A letter further explaining the Department's decision is 
available from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Gaming Management 
Staff at the address below.

DATES: This action is effective November 5, 1997.

FUR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula L. Hart, Acting Director, Indian 
Gaming Management Staff, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street NW, MS 
2070-MIB, Washington, D.C. 20240, (202) 219-4068.

    Dated: October 23, 1997.
Ada E. Deer,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
James H. McDivitt,
Certifying Officer.

[FR Doc. 97-29300 Filed 11-4-97; 8:45 am]
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