[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 84 (Friday, April 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 23809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9887]


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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: This notice publishes the extension to an approved Class III 
Gaming Compact between the State of Nevada and the Pyramid Lake Paiute 
Tribe. Under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, the Secretary of 
the Interior is required to publish notice in the Federal Register 
approved Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class III 
gaming activities on Indian lands.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 30, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming Management, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary--
Policy and Economic Development, Washington, DC 20240, (202) 219-4066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 approved Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class 
III gaming activities on Indian lands. On January 6, 1988, the 
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, 
through his delegated authority, approved the Compact between the 
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and the State of Nevada, which was executed 
on August 4, 1997. Article X of that compact allows for automatic 
extensions of up to 20 years upon the mutual written consent of the 
parties.
    On August 15, 2003, the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and the State of 
Nevada agreed to a 1-year extension of the existing compact. This 1-
year period will extend the compact until January 1, 2005. The 
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, 
through his delegated authority, is publishing notice that the 
Extension to the Tribal-State Compact for Class III gaming between the 
State of Nevada and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe is in effect.

    Dated: April 14, 2004.
Aurene M. Martin,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 04-9887 Filed 4-29-04; 8:45 am]
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