[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 20852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-09800]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Indian Gaming; Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact Taking 
Effect in the State of Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The notice announces that the Tribal-State Class III Gaming 
Compact entered into between the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and State of 
Arizona is taking effect.

DATES: This compact take effect on May 8, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 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. As required by IGRA and 25 CFR 
293.4, all compacts are subject to review and approval by the 
Secretary. The Secretary took no action on the compact between the Hopi 
Tribe of Arizona and the State of Arizona within 45 days of its 
submission. Therefore, the Compact is considered to have been approved, 
but only to the extent the Compact is consistent with IGRA. See 25 
U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C).

    Dated: April 20, 2018.
John Tahsuda,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, Exercising the 
Authority of the Acting Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2018-09800 Filed 5-7-18; 8:45 am]
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