Indian Gaming; Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact Taking Effect in the State of California, 76960 [2016-26670]
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Indian Gaming; Tribal-State Class III
Gaming Compact Taking Effect in the
State of California
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The State of California and
the Pala Band of Mission Indians
entered into a Tribal-State compact
governing Class III gaming. This notice
announces that the compact is taking
effect.
DATES: The effective date of the compact
is November 4, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian
Gaming, Office of the Assistant
Secretary—Indian Affairs, Washington,
DC 20240, (202) 219–4066.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 11
of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
(IGRA) requires the Secretary of the
Interior to publish in the Federal
Register notice of approved Tribal-State
compacts that are for the purpose of
engaging in Class III gaming activities
on Indian lands. See Public Law 100–
497, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. All TribalState Class III compacts are subject to
review and approval by the Secretary
under 25 CFR 293.4. The Secretary took
no action on the compact within 45
days of its submission. Therefore, the
compact is considered to have been
approved, but only to the extent the
compact is consistent with IGRA. See 25
U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C).
SUMMARY:
Dated: October 28, 2016.
Lawrence S. Roberts,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs.
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Notice of Availability of the Draft
Archeological Resources Management
Plan, Environmental Impact Statement,
Knife River Indian Villages National
Historic Site, North Dakota
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
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The National Park Service
(NPS) announces the availability of the
Draft Archeological Resources
Management Plan/Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS), Knife River
Indian Village National Historic Site
(Park), North Dakota.
DATES: All comments must be
postmarked or transmitted not later than
January 3, 2017.
ADDRESSES: A limited number of hardcopies of the Draft EIS may be picked up
in-person or may be obtained by making
a request in writing to Knife River
Indian Villages National Historic Site,
P.O. Box 9, Stanton, North Dakota
58571. The document is also available
on the internet at the NPS Planning,
Environment, and Public Comment Web
site at: https://Parkplanning.nps.gov/
projectHome.cfm?projectID=34314
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Superintendent Craig Hansen can be
reached at the address above, by
telephone at (701) 745–3741 (ext. 209),
or via email at craig_hansen@nps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
process has been conducted pursuant to
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the
regulations of the Department of the
Interior (43 CFR part 46). The purpose
of the plan is to provide a management
framework for proactive, sustainable
archeological resource protection at the
Park for the next 30 years. The NPS has
identified four major threats to
archeological resources. While
riverbank erosion is the most visible and
documented threat to archeological
resources, additional impacts occur
from pocket gopher activity, vegetation
encroachment, and location of Park
infrastructure.
Riverbank erosion has been an
ongoing problem since the Park was
created and this ongoing impact has the
greatest adverse effect to archeological
resources. Over the past few decades
village remnants and archeological sites
adjacent to the Knife River have
experienced measurable erosion. In
addition, Northern pocket gophers affect
archeological sites by displacing soil
and artifacts from chronologically
stratified deposits. Also, the
encroachment of woody and overgrown
vegetation into archeological sites
causes multiple issues for archeological
sites. Root growth results in
displacement of chronological layers,
similar to that of pocket gophers.
The maintenance facility for the Park
is a visual intrusion in the cultural
landscape, particularly for the Big
Hidatsa site, a designated National
Historic Landmark. The North Dakota
State Historic Preservation Office
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(SHPO) and the Mandan, Hidatsa, and
Arikara Nation (MHA Nation) Tribal
Historic Preservation Office have
recommended that the facility be
relocated to remove this visual impact
from the site. In addition, the
maintenance facility is located near
burial sites and areas considered sacred
by the tribes traditionally associated
with the resources present in the Park.
Finally, the location of the Museum
Collection Storage Facility, in the
basement of the Visitor’s Center, has
had water infiltration issues. A final
goal of this plan is to develop a remedy
for this problem, or the storage facility
will need to be replaced.
Range of Alternatives Considered: The
alternatives analyzed in the Draft EIS
are summarized below.
Alternative 1: No-Action Alternative:
Under the no-action alternative,
management of archeological resources
at the Park would continue as currently
implemented.
Management would respond to
archeological resource threats but
without the benefit of site prioritization
and a proactive adaptive management
framework. Under the no-action
alternative, existing Park infrastructure
would remain in place. Repairs to the
existing visitor center to address water
infiltration issues would occur. Ongoing
riverbank erosion, pocket gopher
control, and vegetation encroachment
management activities would continue.
Elements Common to All Action
Alternatives: Under both action
alternatives, archeological resources
management at the Park would be
executed within an adaptive
management framework. This
framework would be used to address
riverbank erosion, gopher control, and
woody vegetation encroachment. The
project team developed a process to
prioritize archeological sites based on
the importance of the resource and the
level of risk of loss of the resource to
inform management decisions.
The NPS has developed indicators
and standards for managing the
archeological resources based on the
Park’s purpose, significance, objectives,
and desired conditions. These
indicators and standards will serve as a
tool to monitor and evaluate the
adaptive management actions.
Alternative 2: Relocate Facilities in
the Park: Under alternative 2,
archeological resources would be
managed under the adaptive
management framework described
above. Under this alternative, the
maintenance facility would be moved to
another location in the Park and the
existing maintenance buildings would
be removed.
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Indian Gaming; Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact Taking
Effect in the State of California
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The State of California and the Pala Band of Mission Indians
entered into a Tribal-State compact governing Class III gaming. This
notice announces that the compact is taking effect.
DATES: The effective date of the compact is November 4, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of
Indian Gaming, Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs,
Washington, DC 20240, (202) 219-4066.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory
Act (IGRA) requires the Secretary of the Interior to publish in the
Federal Register notice of approved Tribal-State compacts that are for
the purpose of engaging in Class III gaming activities on Indian lands.
See Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. All Tribal-State Class
III compacts are subject to review and approval by the Secretary under
25 CFR 293.4. The Secretary took no action on the compact within 45
days of its submission. Therefore, the compact is considered to have
been approved, but only to the extent the compact is consistent with
IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C).
Dated: October 28, 2016.
Lawrence S. Roberts,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2016-26670 Filed 11-3-16; 8:45 am]
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