[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 136 (Friday, July 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42764-42765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16199]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of deemed approved Slots Only Compact.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes a deemed approved Slots Only Compact 
between the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California and the State of 
Nevada. 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.

DATES: Effective July 16, 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. The Slots Only Compact between 
the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California and the State of Nevada is 
deemed approved. By the terms of IGRA, the Compact is considered 
approved, but only to the

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extent the compact is consistent with the provisions of IGRA.
    The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, 
Department of the Interior, through her delegated authority, is 
publishing notice that the Slots Only Compact between the Washoe Tribe 
of Nevada and California and the State of Nevada is now in effect.

    Dated: June 29, 2004.
Aurene M. Martin,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 04-16199 Filed 7-15-04; 8:45 am]
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