80140 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 239 / Friday, December 11, 2020 / Notices 

SUMMARY: The Skokomish Indian Tribe 

(Tribe) and the State of Washington 

(State) submitted the Fifth Amendment 

to the Tribal-State Compact for Class III 

Gaming between the Skokomish Indian 

Tribe and the State of Washington 

(Compact) governing certain forms of 

Class III gaming. This notice announces 

that the Fifth Amendment to the TribalState Compact for Class III Gaming 

between the Skokomish Indian Tribe 

and the State of Washington is taking 

effect. 

DATES: The compact takes effect on 

December 11, 2020. 

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 and amendments are 

subject to review and approval by the 

Secretary. On September 22, 2020, the 

Tribe and the State submitted the Fifth 

Amendment to the Tribal-State Compact 

for Class III Gaming between the 

Skokomish Indian Tribe and the State of 

Washington. The Secretary took no 

action on the Fifth Amendment to the 

Tribal-State Compact for Class III 

Gaming between the Skokomish Indian 

Tribe and the State of Washington 

within 45 days of its submission. 

Therefore, the Compact is considered to 

have been approved, but only to the 

extent it is consistent with IGRA. See 25 

U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C). 

Tara Sweeney, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

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Land Acquisitions; Tule River Tribe, 

Airpark Site, Tulare County, California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs made a final agency 

determination to acquire in trust 40 

acres, more or less, of land known as the 

Airpark Site in the City of Porterville, 

Tulare County, California (Site), for the 

Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule 

River Reservation, California (Tribe), for 

gaming and other purposes. 

DATES: This final determination was 

made on December 7, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian 

Gaming, Mailstop 3543, 1849 C Street 

NW, Washington, DC 20240, telephone 

(202) 219–4066, paula.hart@bia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On the 

date listed in the DATES section of this 

notice, the Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs made a final agency 

determination to acquire the Site, 

consisting of 40 acres, more or less, in 

trust for the Tribe under the authority of 

the Indian Reorganization Act of June 

18, 1934, 25 U.S.C. 5108. 

The Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs, on behalf of the Secretary of the 

Interior, will immediately acquire title 

to Site in the name of the United States 

of America in trust for Tribe upon 

fulfillment of all Departmental 

requirements. The 40 acres, more or 

less, are described as follows: 

The following described real property in 

the County of Tulare, State of California, 

more particularly described as: 

Parcel No’s 1 through 17 inclusive, of 

Parcel Map No. 4343, in the City of 

Porterville, County of Tulare, State of 

California, according to the map thereof 

recorded in Book 44, Page 47 of Parcel Map, 

in the office of the County Recorder of said 

County and by certificates of correction 

recorded, June 1, 1999 as Instrument No. 99– 

0041612 and August 12, 1999 as Instrument 

No. 99–0061851. 

Excepting therefrom all oil, gas, minerals 

and other hydrocarbon substances, in, on, 

upon or under said land, as reserved by the 

City of Porterville, a Municipal Corporation, 

in a Deed recorded October 29, 1990 as file 

No. 71536 of Official Records. 

Authority: This notice is published in the 

exercise of authority delegated by the 

Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209 

Departmental Manual 8.1, and is published 

to comply with the requirements of 25 CFR 

151.12 (c)(2)(ii) that notice of the decision to 

acquire land in trust be promptly provided in 

the Federal Register. 

Tara Sweeney, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

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Land Acquisitions; The Picayune 

Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 

California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs has made a final 

determination to acquire 217.88 acres, 

more or less, into trust for The Picayune 

Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 

California. 

DATES: This determination was made on 

December 7, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Sharlene M. Round Face, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Division of Real Estate 

Services, 1001 Indian School Road NW, 

Albuquerque NM 87104, telephone 

(505) 563–3132. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published in the exercise of 

authority delegated by the Secretary of 

the Interior to the Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs by part 209 of the 

Departmental Manual, and is published 

to comply with the requirement of 25 

CFR 151.12(c)(2)(ii) that notice of the 

decision to acquire land in trust be 

promptly published in the Federal 

Register. 

On the date listed in the DATES section 

of this notice, the Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs issued a decision to 

accept land in trust for the Picayune 

Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 

California under the authority of Section 

5 of the Indian Reorganization Act of 

1934 (48 Stat. 984). 

Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi 

Indians of California 

Parcel 1 

All that portion of the North half of 

the Northeast quarter of Section 24, 

Township 9 South, Range 20 East, 

Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, 

according to the Official Plat thereof, 

lying Westerly of the Westerly line of 

State Highway No. 41. 

Excepting Therefrom that portion 

thereof described in Grant Deed to the 

State of California, recorded April 8, 

1987 in Book 1963, Page 411 of Official 

Records. 

Parcel 2 

All that portion of the South half of 

the Northeast quarter and of the North 

half of the North half of the Southeast 


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