The Bureau of Indian Affairs is making good on its promise to process land-into-trust applications for gaming and gaming-related projects.
Today's issue of the Federal Register contains five notices for pending applications. They include a casino for the Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians in California, a casino for the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, a casino for the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California, a casino for the Enterprise Rancheria of California and a gaming-related project for the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
Three of the notices are for final environmental impact statements, meaning the BIA is moving closer to making a final decision on the applications.
The other two are for draft environmental impact statements.
The Obama administration said the BIA has over 1,900 pending land-into-trust applications. Of those, less than 50 are related to gaming.
Federal Register Notices:
Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians'
Proposed 70-Acre Trust Acquisition and Resort Casino Project, Sonoma County,
CA (August 6, 2010)
Notice
of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon Proposed Trust Acquisition and
Resort and Casino Project, Cascade Locks, Hood River County, OR (August 6, 2010)
Final
Environmental Impact Statement for the North Fork Rancheria's Proposed 305-Acre
Trust Acquisition and Hotel/Casino Project, Madera County, CA (August 6, 2010)
Final
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Enterprise Rancheria Gaming
Facility and Hotel Fee-to-Trust Acquisition Project, Yuba County, CA (August 6, 2010)
Intent
To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Fee-to-Trust
Conveyance of Property for the Seminole Tribe of Florida (August 6, 2010)
Relevant Documents:
Processing
Discretionary Fee-to-Trust Applications (IAM June 24, 2010) | Processing
Land-into-Trust Applications for Applications Not Related to Gaming (June
18, 2010) | Press
Release: Salazar Policy on Land-into-Trust Sees Restoration of Tribal Lands as
Key to Interior Strategy for Empowering Indian Tribes (July 1, 2010)
Related Stories:
Carl Artman: BIA issues a new directive for
land-into-trust process (8/4)
Salazar memo cites
1900 pending land-into-trust applications (07/01)
BIA list of casino
land-into-trust applications approved since 1988 (6/29)
Salazar tells BIA to continue work on
gaming land applications (6/28)
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