[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 150 (Thursday, August 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 47459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17882]


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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: This notice publishes an approved Class III Gaming Compact 
between the Mescalero Apache Tribe and the State of New Mexico. 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: August 5, 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 Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, 
Department of the Interior, through her delegated authority, is 
publishing notice that the Tribal--State Compact between the Mescalero 
Apache Tribe and the State of New Mexico is now in effect.

    Dated: July 22, 2004.
Aurene M. Martin,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 04-17882 Filed 8-4-04; 8:45 am]
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