[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 9 (Friday, January 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 2237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00543]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Indian Gaming; Approval by Operation of Law of Amendment to Class 
III Tribal-State Gaming Compact (Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians & 
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 an 
amendment to the Tribal-State Gaming Compact between the Ewiiaapaayp 
Band of Kumeyaay Indians and the State of California governing Class 
III gaming for the Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians in the State of 
California.

DATES: The Amendment takes effect on January 12, 2024.

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 amendment between the Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians and 
the State of California, within the 45-day statutory review period. 
Therefore, the Compact amendment 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. 2024-00543 Filed 1-11-24; 8:45 am]
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