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[Federal Register: October 23, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 206)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

 
Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Amendment taking 
effect.

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SUMMARY: This publishes notice of an Amendment to a Compact between the 
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and the State of Michigan providing 
for the conduct of Tribal-State Class III gaming by the Pokagon Band of 
Potawatomi Indians taking effect.

DATES: Effective Date: October 23, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula L. Hart, Acting 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 Amendment is entered into 
in connection with a unique set of circumstances resulting in our 
decision to neither approve nor disapprove the Amendment within the 45-
day statutory time frame. This Amendment is in effect but only to the 
extent that it complies with the provisions of the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act.

    Dated: October 14, 2008.
George T. Skibine,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Economic Development.
[FR Doc. E8-25208 Filed 10-22-08; 8:45 am]

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