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low numbers of individuals, which put 

them at great risk of extinction due to 

random naturally occurring (stochastic) 

events. 

The objective of this plan is to 

provide a framework for the recovery of 

Chorizanthe robusta var. robusta so that 

protection by the Act is no longer 

necessary. Actions necessary to 

accomplish this objective include: (1) 

Protect existing habitat; (2) manage 

existing habitat through implementation 

plans; (3) conduct research on the 

taxonomy, ecology, biology, and 

management of Chorizanthe robusta var. 

robusta; (4) establish new populations 

within the historical range of the 

species; (5) review and revise recovery 

guidelines; and (6) develop and 

implement an outreach program to 

provide information to the public.

Authority: The authority for this action is 

section 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 

16 U.S.C. 1533(f).

Dated: August 23, 2004. 

Steve Thompson, 

Manager, California/Nevada Operations 

Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Approved Tribal-State 

Class III Gaming Compact. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes an 

Approval of the Amendment to the 

Tribal-State Compact between the 

Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk 

Indians and the State of California.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 20, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 

Indian Gaming Management, 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 

increases the number of gaming devices 

that the Tribe may operate and extends 

the term of the Compact until December 

31, 2025. 

The Acting Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretary–Indian Affairs, 

Department of the Interior, through his 

delegated authority, is publishing notice 

that the Amendment to the Tribal–State 

Compact between the State of California 

and the Buena Vista Rancheria of MeWuk Indians is in effect.

Dated: December 6, 2004. 

Michael D. Olsen, 

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary–

Indian Affairs.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

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 Tribal-State Compact 

between Coyote Valley Band of Pomo 

Indians and the State of California.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 20, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 

Indian Gaming Management, 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. The compact allows for 

one gaming facility and authorizes up to 

2,000 gaming devices, any banking or 

percentage card games, and any devices 

or games authorized under state law to 

the state lottery. Finally, the term of the 

compact is extended until December 31, 

2025. The Acting Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretary–Indian Affairs, 

Department of the Interior, through his 

delegated authority, is publishing notice 

that the Amendment to the Tribal-State 

Compact between the State of California 

and the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo 

Indians is now in effect.

Dated: December 6, 2004. 

Michael D. Olsen, 

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary–

Indian Affairs.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

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 Tribal-State Compact 

between the State of California and the 

Fort Mojave Indian Tribe.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 20, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 

Indian Gaming Management, 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. The compact allows for 

one gaming facility and authorizes up to 

1,500 gaming devices, any banking or 

percentage card games, and any devices 

or games authorized under state law to 

the state lottery. Finally, the term of the 

compact is until December 31, 2025. 

The Amendment, also, authorizes 

annual payments to the State for 

geographical exclusivity. The Acting 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary–

Indian Affairs, Department of the 

Interior, through his delegated 

authority, is publishing notice that the 

Amendment to the Tribal–State 

Compact between the State of California 

and the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe is now 

in effect.

Dated: December 6, 2004. 

Michael D. Olsen, 

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary–

Indian Affairs.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

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 Tribal-State Compact 

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between the Sovereign Indian Nation of 

the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi 

in Iowa and the Sovereign State of Iowa.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 20, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 

Indian Gaming Management, 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 Compact allows 

for the extension of the current Compact 

and clarifies the regulatory scheme.

Dated: December 2, 2004. 

Michael D. Olsen, 

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary–

Indian Affairs.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Approved Tribal–State 

Class III Gaming Compact. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes an 

Approval of the Amendment to the 

Tribal–State Compact between the 

Flandreau Santee Sioux Executive 

Committee and the State of South 

Dakota.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 20, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 

Indian Gaming Management, 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 

allows for the expansion of the Tribe’s 

simulcast operation to provide for 

runners.

Dated: December 6, 2004. 

Michael D. Olsen, 

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary–

Indian Affairs.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[OR–030–1020–PG; G 05–0036] 

Teleconference Meeting Notice for the 

John Day/Snake Resource Advisory 

Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM), Vale District, Interior.

ACTION: Teleconference meeting notice 

for the John Day/Snake Resource 

Advisory Council. 

SUMMARY: The John Day/Snake Resource 

Advisory Council (JDSRAC) will 

conduct a public meeting by 

teleconference on Wednesday, January 

12, 2005, from 7 to 9 p.m. Pacific Time. 

The meeting is open to the public; 

however, teleconference lines are 

limited. Please call or contact Peggy 

Diegan at the Vale District Office, 100 

Oregon Street, Vale, OR 97918, (541) 

473–3144, to obtain the dial-in number. 

During the teleconference, the JDSRAC 

will come to consensus on comments on 

the Blue Mountain Forest Plan Revision 

draft vision document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information concerning the meeting or 

who wishes to submit oral or written 

comments should contact Debbie Lyons 

at the above address (541) 473–6218 or 

e-mail Debra_Lyons@or.blm.gov.

Comments must be in writing to Debbie 

Lyons by January 4, 2005. For 

teleconference call meetings, 

opportunities for oral comment will be 

limited to no more than five minutes per 

speaker and no more than fifteen 

minutes total.

Dated: December 13, 2004. 

Larry Frazier, 

Associate District Manager.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Effigy Mounds National 

Monument, Harpers Ferry, IA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Midwest Regional Office 

determined that the physical remains of 

12 individuals of Native American 

ancestry and three associated funerary 

objects in Effigy Mounds National 

Monument’s collections, described 

below in Information about cultural 

items, are culturally unidentifiable. The 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Review Committee (Review 

Committee) recommended that Effigy 

Mounds National Monument, Harpers 

Ferry, IA, repatriate the human remains 

and associated funerary objects to the 

Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in 

Kansas and Nebraska; Sac and Fox 

Nation, Oklahoma; and Sac and Fox 

Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa.

The National Park Service publishes 

this notice on behalf of Effigy Mounds 

National Monument as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations within this notice are 

the sole responsibility of the museum, 

institution, or Federal agency that has 

control of the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects. 

The National NAGPRA Program is not 

responsible for the determinations 

within this notice.

Information about NAGPRA is 

available online at www.cr.nps.gov/

nagpra.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

to the Indian tribes listed above in 

SUMMARY may proceed after January 19, 

2005, if no additional claimants come 

forward. Representatives of any other 

Indian tribe that believes itself to be 

culturally affiliated with the cultural 

items should contact Effigy Mounds 

National Monument before January 19, 

2005.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.; 43 CFR 

10; and 16 U.S.C. 18f–2. 

Contact. Contact Phyllis Ewing, 

Superintendent, Effigy Mounds National 

Monument, 151 Highway 76, Harpers 

Ferry, IA 52146, telephone (563) 

873-3491, e-mail 

PhyllislEwing@nps.gov, regarding 

determinations stated in this notice or to 

claim the cultural items described in 

this notice.

Consultation. Effigy Mounds National 

Monument identified the cultural items 

and assessed the cultural affiliation of 

the cultural items in consultation with 

representatives of the Ho-Chunk Nation 

of Wisconsin (formerly the Wisconsin