[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 52 (Monday, March 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 12813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4903]


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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 Tribal-State Gaming 
Compact for regulation of Class III gaming between the Cow Creek Band 
of Umpqua Tribe of Indians and the State of Oregon.

DATES: Effective Date: March 19, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming, 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. This compact establishes 
regulatory, oversight and monitoring roles between the parties. The 
division of regulatory, oversight and monitoring roles in this compact 
reserves for the tribe the primary responsibility for regulating Class 
III gaming on tribal land; however, this compact provides the State of 
Oregon, acting through the Oregon State Police, with important 
monitoring and oversight responsibilities to assure the fairness, 
integrity, security and honesty of the Class III gaming.

    Dated: March 7, 2007.
Michael D. Olsen,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-4903 Filed 3-16-07; 8:45 am]
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