[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 6213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02183]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[DR.5B711.IA000814]


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 Gaming Compact between the 
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts taking 
effect.

DATES: Effective Date: February 3, 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 (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 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (State) and the Mashpee Wampanoag 
provides for limited annual payments to the State for statewide and 
regional exclusivity. The term of the compact is 20 years from the date 
of the facility's opening with an automatic renewal of 20 years without 
modifications. 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 24, 2014.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2014-02183 Filed 1-31-14; 8:45 am]
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