This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 06/04/2015 and available online at http://federalregister.gov/a/2015-13712, and on FDsys.gov

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Approved Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact. ______

SUMMARY: This notice publishes the approval of the Amendment to the compacts between the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Confederated Tribes of the Colville

Reservation, Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Hoh Indian Tribe, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Kalispel

Indian Community of the Kalispel Reservation, Lower Elwha Tribal Community, Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, Indian Tribe of the Makah Reservation, Nisqually Indian

Tribe, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, Quileute Tribe of the Quileute Reservation, Quinault Indian

Nation, , Sauk Suiattle Indian Tribe, Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the

Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation, , , Spokane

Tribe of the Spokane Reservation, of the Squaxin Island Reservation,

Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of , Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Fort Madison

Reservation, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Tribes of Washington, Upper Skagit

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Indian Tribe, Yakama Nation, and the State of Washington governing Class III gaming

(Compact).

EFFECTIVE DATE: [Insert date of publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER].

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 section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory

Act (IGRA) Public Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., 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. As required by 25 CFR 293.4, all compacts are subject to review and approval by the Secretary. The Compact requires that ATM machines shall not accept Electronic Benefits Cards, increases the allocation of Players

Terminals, sets the regulatory fee schedule, authorizes changes for tribal contributions, and incorporates Appendix X2 Addendum into the Compact.

Dated: May 29, 2015.

Kevin K. Washburn Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 2015-13712 Filed: 6/3/2015 08:45 am; Publication Date: 6/4/2015]

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