[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 66500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20971]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Indian Gaming; Approval by Operation of Law of Tribal-State Class 
III Gaming Compact in the State of California (Middletown Rancheria of 
Pomo Indians of California & State of California)

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the approval by operation of law of the 
compact between the Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California 
(Tribe) and the State of California (State) providing for the conduct 
of Tribal class III gaming by the Tribe.

DATES: The compact takes effect on September 27, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming, Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, 
Washington, DC 20240, (202) 219-4066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, 25 
U.S.C. 2701 et seq., (IGRA) provides the Secretary of the Interior 
(Secretary) with 45 days to review and approve or disapprove the 
Tribal-State compact governing the conduct of Class III gaming activity 
on the Tribe's Indian lands. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8). If the Secretary 
does not approve or disapprove a Tribal-State compact within the 45 
days, IGRA provides the Tribal-State compact is considered to have been 
approved by the Secretary but only to the extent the compact is 
consistent with IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C). The IGRA also 
requires the Secretary of the Interior to publish in the Federal 
Register notice of the approved Tribal-State compacts for the purpose 
of engaging in Class III gaming activities on Indian lands. See 25 
U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(D). The Department's regulations at 25 CFR 293.4 
require all compacts and amendments to be reviewed and approved by the 
Secretary prior to taking effect. The Secretary took no action on the 
Compact between the Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California 
and the State of California within the 45-day statutory review period. 
Therefore, the Compact is considered to have been approved, but only to 
the extent it is consistent with IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C).

Bryan Newland,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2023-20971 Filed 9-26-23; 8:45 am]
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