[Federal Register: January 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 12)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 3224]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Indian Gaming Commission
25 CFR Part 547
Technical Standards for Electronic, Computer, or Other
Technologic Aids Used in the Play of Class II Games
AGENCY: National Indian Gaming Commission, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Extension of Comment Period.
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SUMMARY: The National Indian Gaming Commission (``NIGC'') announces the
extension of the comment period on the proposed rule concerning
Technical Standards for Electronic, Computer, or Other Technologic Aids
Used in the Play of Class II Games. The proposed rule was published in
the Federal Register on October 24, 2007 (72 FR 60508). The NIGC is
extending the comment period to March 9, 2008.
DATES: Submit comments on the proposed Technical Standards for
Electronic, Computer, or Other Technologic Aids Used in the Play of
Class II Games on or before March 9, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Mail comments to ``Comments on Technical Standards,''
National Indian Gaming Commission, 1441 L Street, NW., Washington, DC
20005, Attn: Michael Gross, Associate General Counsel, General Law.
Comments may be transmitted by facsimile to 202-632-7066. Comments may
be sent electronically to technical_standards@nigc.gov. Comments may
also be submitted through the Federal eRulemaking portal at
http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Gross, Associate General
Counsel, General Law, Office of General Counsel, telephone: 202-632-
7003 (this is not a toll free call).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress established the National Indian
Gaming Commission under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (25
U.S.C. 2701-21) (``IGRA'') to regulate gaming on Indian lands. The NIGC
issued a proposed rule regarding technical standards for electronic,
computer, or other technologic aids used in the play of class II games,
which was published in the Federal Register on October 24, 2007 (72 FR
60508). The proposed rule provided for public comments to be submitted
by December 10, 2007. The NIGC extended the comment period to January
24, 2008, in the Notice of Extension of Comment Period, published in
the Federal Register on November 16, 2007 (72 FR 64545). The NIGC is
again extending the comment period on the proposed Technical Standards
for Electronic, Computer, or Other Technologic Aids Used in the Play of
Class II Games to March 9, 2008. Comments should be submitted on or
before March 9, 2008.
Importantly, the deadline for submitting comments on the burden,
estimates or any other aspects of the information collection
requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501,
et seq., remains January 24, 2008, as provided in the notice published
in the Federal Register on November 28, 2007 (72 FR 67251).
Dated: January 11, 2008.
Philip N. Hogen,
Chairman, National Indian Gaming Commission.
Norman H. DesRosiers,
Commissioner, National Indian Gaming Commission.
[FR Doc. E8-768 Filed 1-16-08; 8:45 am]
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