[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 245 (Monday, December 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71131-71132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31474]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approved tribal-state gaming compacts.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: Under 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 the approved 
Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class III gaming 
activities on Indian lands. The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, through her delegated 
authority, has approved the Tribal-State Compacts between the Santa 
Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission Indians and the La Posta Band of 
Mission Indians and the State of California. The Compacts authorize a 
350 machine Gaming Facility on the tribes' existing

[[Page 71132]]

reservations, requires a 5% payment of net win from the operation of 
gaming devices to the State for the exclusive right to operate Class 
III gaming devices in the State of California, and as part of the 
Tribes' commitment to mitigate any significant, adverse impacts 
resulting from the casino development, the Tribes and the State, 
through San Diego County, have agreed to conclude one or more written 
agreements. All such agreements shall be concluded prior to the 
commencement of the Project, and shall provide for the identification 
and implementation of feasible mitigation measures and feasible project 
alternatives concerning problem and pathological gambling and 
significant environmental effects.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 22, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC 
20240, (202) 219-4066.

    Dated: December 9, 2003.
Aurene M. Martin,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-31474 Filed 12-19-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-4N-P