[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 2618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1024]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approved Class III Gaming Compact.

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SUMMARY: Under Section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 
(IGRA) Pub. L. 100-497, 25 U.S.C. Sec.  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 Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, 
Department of the Interior, through her delegated authority, has 
approved the Tribal-State Compact between the Torres-Martinez Desert 
Cahuilla Indians, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, and the State of 
California. The Compact contemplates two gaming facilities, one in 
Imperial County and one in Riverside County. The Imperial County site 
would be a 350-machine Gaming Facility. The Compact requires a 5 
percent 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 Tribe's commitment to 
mitigate any significant, adverse impacts resulting from casino 
development, the Tribe and the State, through Imperial and Riverside 
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: January 16, 2004.

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

    Dated: January 7, 2004.
Aurene M. Martin,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 04-1024 Filed 1-15-04; 8:45 am]
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