[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3241-3242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00898]


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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 Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact taking effect.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Class III Tribal-State Gaming 
Compact between the Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute 
Indians and the State of California.

DATES: Effective Date: January 17, 2014.

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 Fort Independence Indian 
Community of Paiute Indians allows for one gaming facility and 
authorizes the Tribe to operate up to 850 gaming devices. The Tribe 
will make revenue sharing payments for gaming devices operated in 
excess of 350. Finally, the term of the Compact is until December 31, 
2034. The Secretary took no action on the Compact within 45 days of its 
submission by the Tribe and the State. Therefore, the Compact is 
considered to have been approved, but only to the extent that the 
Compact is consistent with IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C).

    Dated: January 2, 2014.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2014-00898 Filed 1-16-14; 8:45 am]
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