Indian Gaming; Amendment to Class III Gaming Procedures for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe

• Published date: 25 March 2019
• Citation: 84 FR 11122
• Record Number: 2019-05683
• Section: Notices
• Court: Indian Affairs Bureau

Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 57 (Monday, March 25, 2019)

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 11122]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-05683]
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                DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                Bureau of Indian Affairs
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                Indian Gaming; Amendment to Class III Gaming Procedures for the
                Mashantucket Pequot Tribe
                AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
                ACTION: Notice.
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                SUMMARY: The notice announces Amendments to the Mashantucket Pequot
                Tribe Gaming Procedures.
                DATES: March 25, 2019.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of
                Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary--Policy and
                Economic Development, Washington, DC 20240, (202) 219-4066.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
                (IGRA), Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., upon the occurrence
                of certain circumstances the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary)
                shall issue procedures providing for the operation of Class III gaming
                by an Indian Tribe. On May 31, 1991, the Secretary published a Notice
                of Final Mashantucket Gaming Procedures (Procedures) in the Federal
                Register. See 56 FR 24996. On August 2, 2017, the Mashantucket Pequot
                Tribe (Tribe) submitted proposed amendments to the Tribe's Procedures
                (Procedures Amendments), along with resolutions of the Connecticut
                General Assembly, signed by the Governor, indicating the State of
                Connecticut's (State) support and approval of the Procedures
                Amendments, as well as proposed amendments to the Tribal-State
                Memorandum of Understanding (MOU Amendments). The Department did not
                approve or disapprove the proposed Procedures Amendments or MOU
                Amendments at that time.
                 After further consultations with the Tribe, the Assistant
                Secretary--Indian Affairs publishes this notice that on March 15, 2019,
                she approved the proposed amendments to the Tribe's Procedures.
                Additionally, on March 19, 2019, the Assistant Secretary--Indian
                Affairs approved the Tribal-State MOU dated January 13, 1993, as
                amended on April 30, 1993, and April 25, 1994, as well as the MOU
                Amendments submitted on August 2, 2017.
                 Dated: March 19, 2019.
                Tara M. Sweeney,
                Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
                [FR Doc. 2019-05683 Filed 3-21-19; 11:15 am]
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