[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 176 (Monday, September 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54859-54860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23229]


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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 Section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act if 
1988

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(IGRA), Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C 2710, 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. The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, 
Department of the Interior, through his delegated authority, has 
approved the Tribal-State Compact Between the Chitimacha Tribe of 
Louisiana and the State of Louisiana, which was executed on July 6, 
2000. This Compact was approved in its entirety, with the exception of 
Section 12(C). Section 2(C) of the Compact makes it clear that if one 
provision of the Compact violates IGRA, federal law or our trust 
responsibility, and therefore is disapproved, the remainder of the 
Compact shall remain in effect.

DATES: This action is effective September 11, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington , DC 
20240.

    Dated: August 24, 2000.
Kevin Gover,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 00-23229 Filed 9-8-00; 8:45 am]
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