[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 164 (Thursday, August 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49942-49943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16943]


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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 approval of the Tribal--State Compact 
between the State of New Mexico and the Pueblo of Pojoaque.

DATES: Effective Date: August 25, 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 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 the approved Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of engaging in 
Class III gaming activities on Indian lands. This Compact authorizes 
the Pueblo of Pojoaque of New Mexico to engage in certain Class III 
gaming activities on Indian lands. This compact is identical to the 
other New Mexico compacts that were approved by the Department in 2001.


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    Dated: August 16, 2005.
Michael D. Olsen,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05-16943 Filed 8-24-05; 8:45 am]
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