[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 58617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23710]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Tribal--State Class III Gaming Compact taking effect.

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SUMMARY: This publishes notice of the 2008 Class III Gaming Compact 
between the Nez Perce Tribe and the State of Idaho taking effect.

DATES: Effective Date: October 7, 2008

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula L. Hart, Acting Director, Office 
of Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 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 is entered into in 
connection with the state lottery litigation between the parties and 
thus presents unique circumstances resulting in our decision to neither 
approve nor disapprove the Compact within the 45-day statutory time 
frame.

    Dated: September 26, 2008.
George T. Skibine,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Economic Development.
 [FR Doc. E8-23710 Filed 10-6-08; 8:45 am]
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