[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 106 (Friday, June 1, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 25484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11738]



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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 Connecticut

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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

DATES: This compact takes effect on June 1, 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 (Secretary) 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 Secretary 
took no action on the Amendment to the compact between the Mohegan 
Tribe of Indians of Connecticut and the State of Connecticut within 45 
days of its submission. Therefore, the Amendment is considered to have 
been approved, but only to the extent the Amendment is consistent with 
IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C).

    Dated: May 25, 2018.
John Tahsuda,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, Exercising the 
Authority of the Acting Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2018-11738 Filed 5-31-18; 8:45 am]
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