[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 240 (Thursday, December 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 74331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7394]


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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 Class III Gaming Compact.

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SUMMARY: This Notice Publishes an Approval of the Fourth Amendment for 
the Tribal-State Compact for the Regulation of Class III Gaming between 
the Nooksack Indian Tribe and the State of Washington.

DATES: Effective Date: December 15, 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 Fourth Amendment to the Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of 
engaging in class III gaming activities on Indian lands. This Fourth 
Amendment expands the number of gaming facilities that the tribe is 
allowed to operate and allows for electronic gaming devices. The Acting 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, Department of the 
Interior, through his delegated authority, is publishing notice that 
the Fourth Amendment to the Tribal-State compact between the Nooksack 
Indian Tribe and the State of Washington is hereby approved and in 
effect.

    Dated: December 5, 2005.
Michael D. Olsen,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E5-7394 Filed 12-14-05; 8:45 am]
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