[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 12204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04254]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[201A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900253G]


Indian Gaming; Approval of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact 
in the State of North Carolina

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the approval of the Second Amended and 
Restated Tribal-State Compact between the Eastern Band of Cherokee 
Indians (Tribe) and the State of North Carolina (State).

DATES: The compact takes effect on March 2, 2021.

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 and amendments are subject to review and approval by the 
Secretary. The Compact expands the scope of allowable gaming to include 
sports wagering and horse race wagering; provides the Tribe will 
reimburse costs the State incurs to regulate gaming; provides that the 
Tribe will have the primary responsibility to administer and enforce 
regulatory requirements; provides the Tribe may operate up to three 
class III gaming facilities on tribal lands; provides geographic 
exclusivity for gaming west of Interstate 26; and extends the effective 
date of the Compact to August 12, 2045. The Compact is approved.

Darryl LaCounte,
Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Exercising the Delegated Authority 
of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-04254 Filed 3-1-21; 8:45 am]
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