[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 239 (Friday, December 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 80142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27221]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Indian Gaming; Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compacts Taking 
Effect in the State of California

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The State of California submitted compacts governing certain 
forms of Class III gaming with six Tribes in California. This notice 
announces that the following compacts are taking effect: the Tribal-
State Compact between the State of California and the Ione Band of 
Miwok Indians; the Tribal-State Compact between the State of California 
and the Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; the Tribal-
State Compact between the State of California and Paskenta Band of 
Nomlaki Indians; the Tribal-State Compact between the State of 
California and the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians; the Tribal-
State Compact between the State of California and the Tolowa Dee-Ni' 
Nation; and the Tribal-State Compact between the State of California 
and the Tule River Indian Tribe of California.

DATES: The compacts take effect on December 11, 2020.

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 25 CFR 293.4, all 
compacts are subject to review and approval by the Secretary. On 
October 14, 2020, the State of California submitted compacts governing 
certain forms of Class III gaming with six Tribes in California. The 
Secretary took no action on the following compacts within 45 days of 
their submission: The Tribal-State Compact between the State of 
California and the Ione Band of Miwok Indians; the Tribal-State Compact 
between the State of California and the Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu 
Indians of California; the Tribal-State Compact between the State of 
California and Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians; the Tribal-State 
Compact between the State of California and the Shingle Springs Band of 
Miwok Indians; the Tribal-State Compact between the State of California 
and the Tolowa Dee-Ni' Nation; and the Tribal-State Compact between the 
State of California and the Tule River Indian Tribe of California. 
Therefore, the Compacts are considered to have been approved, but only 
to the extent they are consistent with IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 
2710(d)(8)(C).

Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020-27221 Filed 12-10-20; 8:45 am]
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