[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 194 (Thursday, October 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51874-51875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24300]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of amendment to Approved Tribal-State Compact

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Approval of the Eighth Amendment to 
the Tribal/State Compact for Class III Gaming between the Tulalip Tribe 
of Washington and the State of Washington.

DATES: Effective Date: October 8, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula L. Hart, Acting Director, Office 
of Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary--Policy and 
Economic Development, Washington, DC 20240, (202) 219-4066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 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 Compact Amendment for the purpose of 
engaging in Class III gaming activities on Indian lands. The Amendment 
clarifies and generally simplifies what kind of

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entities must be licensed by the State of Washington. The Amendment 
also significantly modifies the dispute resolution processes to a more 
collaborative model providing a prompt ``meet and confer'' requirement, 
then mediation, and finally, as a last resort, either arbitration or 
litigation. The Tribe's limited waiver of sovereign immunity is 
clarified and narrowed to include only disputes arising under the 
compact. The State similarly waives its sovereign immunity, including a 
specific waiver of the State's Eleventh Amendment immunity from suit 
for the purposes of enforcing the compact. Finally, the proposed 
amendment changes the annual licensing requirements from annually to 
every three years.

    Dated: September 30, 2009.
Larry Echo Hawk,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E9-24300 Filed 10-7-09; 8:45 am]
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