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approved Memoranda of Agreement as 

required. 

(b) Any person or entity which does 

distribute packaged spirits to any person 

or business located within the 

boundaries of the Colville Indian 

Reservation at a time when such person 

or entity is not validly licensed to do 

business shall be in violation of this 

Chapter and in violation of the 

Memorandum of Agreement and/or 

other applicable law. 

(c) Persons or entities holding licenses 

for the sale of packaged spirits under 

this section shall be required to subject 

themselves in writing to the civil 

jurisdiction of the Colville Confederated 

Tribes and its Tribal Court for the 

purposes of this Chapter. 

6–2–13 Taxes and Fees 

(a) A tax amounting to precisely the 

same amount of tax collected by the 

State of Washington on the same or 

similar packaged spirits item shall be 

assessed pursuant to the provisions of 

an approved Memorandum of 

Agreement or fully executed Liquor 

Compact or with the State of 

Washington. 

(b) Taxes collected by the Liquor 

Administrator shall be held in the 

Liquor Account. 

6–2–14 Sovereign Immunity Preserved 

Nothing in this Chapter is intended or 

shall be construed as a waiver of the 

sovereign immunity of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Colville Reservation. The 

Administrator, its staff, any manager or 

employee of the Tribes, or Tribal 

Enterprises is specifically prohibited 

from attempting to waive the inherent 

sovereign immunity of the Colville 

Confederated Tribes without the express 

written consent of the Colville 

Confederated Tribes. 

6–2–15 Other Business 

A licensee under this Chapter may 

conduct other business simultaneously 

with the management of a liquor 

products outlet, subject to applicable 

laws and regulations. The other 

business may be conducted on the same 

premises. 

6–2–16 Operating Without a License 

No person shall operate a liquor 

product outlet or tavern within the 

boundaries of the Colville Indian 

Reservation without first obtaining a 

current and valid license; persons in 

violation of this section shall be 

considered to be in violation of all 

federal Indian liquor laws and 

regulations as well as in violation of this 

Chapter. 

6–2–17 Violations 

(a) Pursuant to the provisions of the 

Memorandum of Agreement regarding 

enforcement, the Administrator of the 

Colville Confederated Tribes shall have 

the authority to enforce this Chapter. 

(1) Such enforcement must conform 

with Chapter 1–5 Colville Tribal Civil 

Rights Act. 

(2) Such enforcement must conform 

with Chapter 2–1 Criminal Actions, 

Chapter 2–2 Civil Actions, and Chapter 

2–3 Infractions; Field Bonds; Other Civil 

Offenses and Forfeitures. 

(b) Non-payment of Taxes: 

(1) Any person or entity within or 

doing business within the boundaries of 

the Colville Indian Reservation who 

does not pay the taxes required to be 

paid under this Chapter shall be 

proceeded against in the Tribal Court of 

the Colville Confederated Tribes. 

(2) The Tribal Court of the Colville 

Confederated Tribes is empowered to 

seize, attach, and forfeit to the Colville 

Confederated Tribes any property 

belonging to any person found by the 

Tribal Court to have failed to pay 

applicable fees and taxes due and owing 

under this Chapter; provided that the 

amount of property forfeited shall not be 

of a wholesale value greater than the 

amount of applicable fees or taxes 

alleged or found to be due and owing. 

(3) Persons sued under this Section by 

the Administrator shall be entitled to a 

full evidentiary and adversarial hearing 

before the Tribal Court of the Colville 

Confederated Tribes, in accordance with 

Chapter 1–1, Chapter 1–2, Chapter 2–1 

(if applicable), Chapter 2–2 (if 

applicable), and Chapter 2–3 (if 

applicable) of the Colville Tribal Code, 

before any order or forfeiture may be 

issued. Persons sued under this Section 

shall have the burden of proving that 

they do not owe any fees or taxes or that 

they have been assessed a greater 

amount of fees or taxes than they 

lawfully owe under this Chapter. 

(c) Other Violations: The 

Administrator shall bring all persons or 

entities suspected to have violated any 

provision of this Chapter, except nonpayment of fees or taxes due, to the 

attention of appropriate tribal or state 

law enforcement officials. With regard 

to Colville Tribal members alleged to 

have violated a provision or provisions 

of this Chapter other than non-payment 

of fees or taxes, the Tribal Court of the 

Colville Confederated Tribes shall have 

jurisdiction over the matter. 

(d) Violation of this Chapter may 

result in the loss of an entities liquor 

license, or prohibition of the individual/ 

entity from obtaining a license in the 

future. The Administrator is empowered 

to revoke the liquor license of any entity 

who is in violation of this Chapter so 

long as due process is afforded to the 

individual/entity pursuant to Chapter 

1–5 of this Code. 

6–2–18 Other Agreements 

Notwithstanding anything to the 

contrary, if the Colville Tribes enters 

into a liquor compact with the State of 

Washington, relating to alcohol 

wholesaling, distribution, or retail sales 

which are not subject to an existing 

tribal-state Memorandum of Agreement 

or compact, the Tribal Code will control 

over conflicting provisions. 

6–2–19 Effective Date 

This Chapter shall take effect 30 days 

after approval by the Secretary and 

publication in the Federal Register. 

6–2–20 Severability 

If one or more provisions of this 

Chapter is/are deemed invalid by a 

court of competent jurisdiction, the 

remainder of this Chapter will remain in 

full force and effect. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[223A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900] 

Indian Gaming; Approval of Forest 

County Potawatomi Community TribalState Class III Gaming Compact With 

the State of Wisconsin 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes the 

approval of the 2022 Amendment and 

Extension to the Forest County 

Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin 

and the State of Wisconsin Class III 

Gaming Compact (Amendment) 

providing for Class III gaming between 

the Forest County Potawatomi 

Community (Tribe) and the State of 

Wisconsin (State). 

DATES: The Amendment takes effect on 

April 12, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian 

Gaming, Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs, 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 


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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 provides for 

on-reservation remote and retail sports 

wagering consistent with minimum 

internal control standards and rules of 

play agreed to by the State and the 

Tribe; extends the term of the compact 

to 2061; authorizes the Tribe to offer any 

form of table, electronic, or mechanical 

game; clarifies the existing Disaster 

Clause to include pandemics and 

provides a clear formula for the 

calculation of the reduction in revenue 

sharing payments if a facility is forced 

to close; contains several technical 

changes including removing obsolete 

language; and includes a forward 

looking provision which positions the 

Tribe to offer state-wide hub and spoke 

event wagering if State law is changed 

to allow such gaming, another Tribe’s 

compact with the State authorizes such 

gaming, and the Tribe’s Compact is 

amended. The Amendment is approved. 

Wizipan Garriott, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs, Exercising by delegation the authority 

of the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[223A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900] 

Indian Gaming; Approval of TribalState Class III Gaming Compact in the 

State of Minnesota 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes the 

approval of the Fourth Amendment to 

the Technical Standards in the TribalState Compact for Control of Class III 

Video Games of Chance on the 

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux 

Community Reservation in Minnesota 

(Amendment) between the Shakopee 

Mdewakanton Sioux Community of 

Minnesota (Tribe) and the State of 

Minnesota (State). 

DATES: The Amendment takes effect on 

April 12, 2022. 

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 permits the 

Tribe to operate a cashless wagering 

system for video games of chance. The 

Amendment contains technical 

standards for the operation of a cashless 

wagering system and amends the 

hardware and software requirements for 

Video Games of Chance. The 

Amendment is approved. 

Wizipan Garriott, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs, Exercising by delegation the authority 

of the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLAK940000.L14100000.BX0000.223.

LXSS001L0100] 

Filing of Plats of Survey: Alaska 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of official filing. 

SUMMARY: The plats of survey of lands 

described in this notice are scheduled to 

be officially filed in the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), Alaska State Office, 

Anchorage, Alaska. The surveys, which 

were executed at the request of the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs and BLM, are 

necessary for the management of these 

lands. 

DATES: The BLM must receive protests 

by May 12, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may buy a copy of the 

plats from the BLM Alaska Public 

Information Center, 222 W 7th Avenue, 

Mailstop 13, Anchorage, AK 99513. 

Please use this address when filing 

written protests. You may also view the 

plats at the BLM Alaska Public 

Information Center, Fitzgerald Federal 

Building, 222 W 7th Avenue, 

Anchorage, Alaska, at no cost. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas B. O’Toole, Chief, Branch of 

Cadastral Survey, Alaska State Office, 

Bureau of Land Management, 222 West 

7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99513; 

907–271–4231; totoole@blm.gov. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands 

surveyed are: 

Copper River Meridian, Alaska 

U.S. Survey No. 3826, accepted November 

12, 2021, situated in T. 40 S., R. 65 E. 

U.S. Survey No. 3827, accepted November 

15, 2021, situated in T. 40 S., R. 65 E. 

U.S. Survey No. 14036, accepted March 1, 

2022, situated in T. 25 N., R. 13 E. 

U.S. Survey No. 14038, accepted March 1, 

2022, situated in T. 25 N., R. 13 E. 

U.S. Survey No. 14040, accepted March 1, 

2022, situated in T. 25 N., R. 13 E. 

U.S. Survey No. 14042, accepted February 

10, 2022, situated in T. 18 N., R. 11 E. 

T. 30 S., R. 55 E., accepted November 8, 

2021. 

T. 79 S., R. 89 E., accepted February 17, 2022. 

T. 80 S., R. 89 E., accepted February 17, 2022. 

T. 16 S., R. 4 W., Removal of Plat 

Suspension, Group No. 273, dated 

February 10, 2022. 

T. 16 S., R. 4 W., Removal of Plat 

Suspension, Group No. 483, dated 

February 10, 2022. 

Fairbanks Meridian, Alaska 

U.S. Survey No. 4496, Chalkyitsik Townsite, 

situated in T. 21 N., R. 19 E., accepted 

January 12, 2022. 

T. 16 N., R. 7 W., accepted January 19, 2022. 

Seward Meridian, Alaska 

T. 20 N., R. 6 E., accepted February 24, 2022. 

T. 22 N., R. 6 E., accepted February 24, 2022 

T. 20 N., R. 7 E., accepted February 24, 2022. 

T. 20 N., R. 8 E., accepted February 24, 2022. 

T. 20 N., R. 12 E., accepted February 24, 

2022. 

T. 2 N., R. 19 W., Removal of Plat 

Suspension, Group No. 1168, dated 

February 11, 2022. 

T. 5 S., R. 46 W., accepted January 27, 2022. 

T. 5 S., R. 49 W., accepted January 27, 2022. 

T. 6 S., R. 49 W., accepted January 27, 2022. 

T. 10 S., R. 54 W., accepted January 27, 2022. 

T. 11 S., R. 55 W., accepted January 27, 2022. 

T. 11 S., R. 56 W., accepted January 27, 2022. 

Umiat Meridian, Alaska 

T. 16 S., R. 12 E., accepted March 1, 2022. 

T. 17 S., R. 12 E., accepted March 1, 2022. 

T. 15 S., R. 13 E., accepted March 1, 2022. 

T. 16 S., R. 13 E., accepted March 1, 2022. 

T. 17 S., R. 13 E., accepted March 1, 2022. 

T. 15 S., R. 14 E., accepted March 1, 2022. 

T. 16 S., R. 14 E., accepted March 1, 2022. 

T. 17 S., R. 14 E., accepted March 1, 2022. 

T. 14 S., R. 15 E., accepted March 1, 2022. 

T. 15 S., R. 15 E., accepted March 1, 2022. 

T. 16 S., R. 15 E., accepted March 1, 2022. 

T. 17 S., R. 15 E., accepted March 1, 2022. 

T. 16 S., R. 16 E., accepted March 1, 2022. 


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