[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 144 (Thursday, July 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 43702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14966]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Class III Gaming Compacts taking effect.

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SUMMARY: Notice is given that the Supplement to the Tribal-State 
Compact between the Chickasaw Nation and the State of Oklahoma is 
considered to have been approved and is in effect.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 28, 2005.

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(d)(7)(D) of the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 
2710, the Secretary of the Interior must publish in the Federal 
Register notice of any Tribal-State compact that is approved, or 
considered to have been approved for the purpose of engaging in Class 
III gaming activities on Indian lands. The Acting Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, 
through his delegated authority did not approve or disapprove this 
compact before the date that is 45 days after the date this compact was 
submitted. It could not be determined within the 45 day time frame to 
approve or disapprove this compact, whether the games listed, in the 
supplement to the compact, were class II or class III. Therefore, 
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(7)(C), this supplement to the compact is 
considered to have been approved, but only to the extent that it is 
consistent with IGRA.

    Dated: July 19, 2005.
Michael D. Olsen,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05-14966 Filed 7-27-05; 8:45 am]
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