Indian Gaming; Approval of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact in the State of South Dakota, 68682 [2021-26274]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
68682
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 230 / Friday, December 3, 2021 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[222A2100DD/AAKC001030/
A0A501010.999900253G]
Indian Gaming; Approval of TribalState Class III Gaming Compact in the
State of South Dakota
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice publishes the
approval of the Amendment to the
Gaming Compact (Amendment) between
the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the
Lake Traverse Reservation (Tribe) and
the State of South Dakota (State).
DATES: The Amendment takes effect on
December 3, 2021.
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,
paula.hart@bia.gov, (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 and amendments are
subject to review and approval by the
Secretary. The Amendment authorizes
the Tribe to engage in sports wagering
at the Tribe’s class III gaming facilities.
The Amendment is approved.
SUMMARY:
Bryan Newland,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021–26274 Filed 12–2–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4337–15–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLORB06000.L10200000.EE0000.21X.
LXSS043H0000.HAG 21–0079]
jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1
Notice of Intent To Prepare the Bridge
Creek Area Allotment Management
Plans Environmental Impact Statement
in the Andrews Field Office, Burns
District, Oregon
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land
SUMMARY:
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:06 Dec 02, 2021
Jkt 256001
Policy and Management Act of 1976, as
amended, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) Oregon/Washington
Burns District’s Andrews Field Office
intends to prepare the Bridge Creek
Area (BCA) Allotment Management
Plans (AMP) Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) and, by this notice, is
announcing the beginning of the public
scoping period to solicit public
comments and identify issues.
DATES: This notice initiates the public
scoping process for the EIS. Comments
may be submitted in writing until
January 3, 2022. The BLM will provide
additional opportunities for public
participation upon publication of the
Draft EIS.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Website: https://eplanning.blm.gov/
eplanning-ui/project/2013546/510.
• Email: BLM_OR_BU_BCA_AMP@
blm.gov.
• Fax: (541) 573–4411.
• Mail: BCA, c/o Burns District BLM
28910 Hwy 20 West, Hines, OR 97738,
Attention: Don Rotell.
Documents associated with this
proposal are available at the BLM Burns
District Office, 28910 Hwy 20 West,
Hines, OR 97738, or at https://
eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/
project/2013546/510.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrews Field Office Manager, Don
Rotell; telephone (541) 573–4422, or
email BLM_OR_BU_BCA_AMP@
blm.gov. Contact Mr. Rotell to have your
name added to the project mailing list.
Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS) at (800)
877–8339 to contact Mr. Rotell during
normal business hours. The FRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question. You will
receive a reply during normal business
hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EIS
will analyze several alternatives for
livestock management and related
actions in the 26,378-acre project area in
southeastern Oregon near the town of
Frenchglen. The project covers four
allotments: The Hammond, Mud Creek,
Hardie Summer, and Hammond Fenced
Federal Range allotments. The
alternatives will consider issuance of
10-year grazing permits to up to three
applicants and approval of four AMPs
that outline seasonal grazing systems,
grazing utilization thresholds,
monitoring, and range developments.
The proposed range developments
currently include about 8 miles of new
fence construction and a similar amount
of fence removal. These modifications
PO 00000
Frm 00058
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
include short riparian management
fences but are largely to realign fences
along boundaries of BLM-administered
public land and privately owned land.
The 2015 Greater Sage-grouse Approved
Resource Management Plan Amendment
and Record of Decision for Oregon
identified the entire project area as
habitat for Greater Sage-grouse. Since
1980, approximately 38,624 acres
(cumulative) in the project area have
been impacted by fire, with some acres
burning multiple times. The burned
acres have largely been within the
Hammond and Mud Creek allotments.
There is currently no grazing
preference or grazing authorization
associated with the four allotments in
the project area. The allotments have
been largely un-grazed since 2014
following the BLM’s decision to not
renew the expiring livestock grazing
authorization, which covered all four
allotments. This decision was
administratively appealed by the
permittee, and the Secretary of the
Interior resolved the administrative
appeal in January 2019 by instructing
the BLM to reissue the grazing permit.
That decision was litigated in the U.S.
District Court for the District of Oregon.
The Court issued an order partially
granting and partially denying a request
for preliminary injunction that allowed
only a limited amount of grazing to
proceed in the 2019 season. The Court
vacated the reissued permit and related
Secretarial action and remanded the
matter to the Department.
On January 19, 2021, the Secretary of
the Interior signed a decision
concerning the apportionment of
available forage within the allotments
and the assignment of grazing
preference, and directing the BLM to
issue a 10-year livestock grazing permit
with allotment management plans and
authorize the construction and removal
of range improvements. On February 26,
2021, the Senior Advisor to the
Secretary Exercising the Delegated
Authority of the Assistant Secretary for
Land and Minerals Management
rescinded the decision and directed the
BLM to ‘‘initiate any additional
processes and opportunities for public
involvement that it may determine
appropriate under applicable law
following a careful and considered
review of the protests.’’
Through the public-scoping process,
the BLM is seeking input on issues,
actions, and alternatives that should be
addressed in the EIS. Potential issues
include the effects of proposed
management actions on livestock
grazing management, sagebrush
ecosystem health, sage-grouse habitat,
vegetation, fuels (including invasive
E:\FR\FM\03DEN1.SGM
03DEN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 230 (Friday, December 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 68682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26274]
[[Page 68682]]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[222A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900253G]
Indian Gaming; Approval of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact
in the State of South Dakota
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the approval of the Amendment to the
Gaming Compact (Amendment) between the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the
Lake Traverse Reservation (Tribe) and the State of South Dakota
(State).
DATES: The Amendment takes effect on December 3, 2021.
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, [email protected], (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 and amendments are subject to review and approval by the
Secretary. The Amendment authorizes the Tribe to engage in sports
wagering at the Tribe's class III gaming facilities. The Amendment is
approved.
Bryan Newland,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-26274 Filed 12-2-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4337-15-P
