[Federal Register: March 19, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 52)]
[Notices]
[Page 12813]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Indian Gaming
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Approved Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes an approval of the Tribal-State Gaming
Compact for regulation of Class III gaming between the Cow Creek Band
of Umpqua Tribe of Indians and the State of Oregon.
DATES: Effective Date: March 19, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George T. Skibine, 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 of 1988 (IGRA), Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, 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. This compact establishes
regulatory, oversight and monitoring roles between the parties. The
division of regulatory, oversight and monitoring roles in this compact
reserves for the tribe the primary responsibility for regulating Class
III gaming on tribal land; however, this compact provides the State of
Oregon, acting through the Oregon State Police, with important
monitoring and oversight responsibilities to assure the fairness,
integrity, security and honesty of the Class III gaming.
Dated: March 7, 2007.
Michael D. Olsen,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-4903 Filed 3-16-07; 8:45 am]
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