[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 173 (Friday, September 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54908-54909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21739]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[DR.5B711.IA000813]


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 the approval of the Class III Tribal-
State Gaming Compact between the Wiyot Tribe and the State of 
California.

DATES: Effective Date: September 6, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula L. Hart, 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. 2701 et 
seq., 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. The Compact 
between the State of California and the Wiyot Tribe provides for 
certain payments to the Tribe from the Wiyot Trust Fund established by 
the State under this Compact and the compact between the State of 
California-North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians. In exchange for these 
payments, the Tribe agrees to forgo operation of Class III gaming on 
its lands. Pursuant to 25 CFR 293.4, all compacts are subject to review 
and approval by the Secretary. Pursuant to 25 CFR 293.15, an approved 
compact takes effect on the date that notice of its approval is 
published in the Federal Register. The compact terminates on December 
31, 2033.


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    Dated: August 30, 2013.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2013-21739 Filed 9-5-13; 8:45 am]
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