[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 61036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23092]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Approved Amendment to Tribal-State Compact.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes an approved Amendment to the Class III 
Tribal-State Gaming Compact between the Puyallup Tribe of Indians and 
the State of Washington. 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: October 14, 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 Memorandum of Incorporation of Most Favored Nation Amendments 
to the Tribal-State Compact between the Puyallup Tribe of Indians and 
the State of Washington will permit the Tribe to increase the number of 
Class III gaming machines it operates in one of its gaming facilities 
from 1,500 to 2,000. Through delegated authority, the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of Indian Affairs (Management) is publishing notice that the 
Memorandum of Incorporation of Most Favored Nation Amendments is now in 
effect.

    Dated: August 20, 2004.
Woodrow W. Hopper,
Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs (Management).
[FR Doc. 04-23092 Filed 10-13-04; 8:45 am]
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