Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/06/20/2013-14669/self-regulation-of-class-ii-gaming
Timestamp: 2016-10-26 23:09:50
Document Index: 288795229

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 518', '§\u2009518', '§\u2009518', '§\u2009518', 'art 518', 'art1', 'art 518', 'art2', '§\u2009518', '§\u2009518', 'art3', '§\u2009518', '§\u2009518', '§\u2009518', 'art4', '§\u2009518', '§\u2009518', '§\u2009518', '§\u2009518', 'art5', '§\u2009518']

:: Self-Regulation of Class II Gaming
A Rule by the National Indian Gaming Commission on 06/20/2013
The effective date of these regulations is September 1, 2013.
78 FR 37114
37114-37115
List of Subjects in 25 CFR Part 518
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2013-14669
06/19/2013 at 08:45 am.
Final rule; technical and correcting amendments.
John Hay, Senior Attorney, National Indian Gaming Commission, 1441 L Street NW., Suite 9100, Washington, DC 20005. Telephone: 202-632-7003.
The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA or the Act), Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., was signed into law on October 17, 1988. The Act established the Commission and set out a comprehensive framework for the regulation of gaming on Indian lands. While the Act requires the Commission to “monitor class II gaming conducted on Indian lands on a continuing basis,” 25 U.S.C. 2706(b)(1), any Indian tribe which operates a Class II gaming facility and meets certain other conditions may petition the Commission for a certificate of self-regulation. 25 U.S.C. 2710(c). The Act authorizes the Commission to “promulgate such regulations and guidelines as it deems appropriate to implement” IGRA. 25 U.S.C. 2706(b)(10).
On April 4, 2013, the Commission published a final rule amending its regulations for the review and approval of petitions seeking the issuance of a certificate for tribal self-regulation of Class II gaming. 78 FR 20236, April 4, 2013. After publication, the Commission discovered that the deadline contained in 25 CFR 518.7(c)(5) for tribes to respond to the Office of Self Regulation's recommendation and report, and the deadline contained in 25 CFR 518.7(d) for the Commission to issue preliminary findings to said recommendation and report, could potentially fall on the same day, thus preventing the Commission from fully considering the tribal response before it has to issue its preliminary findings. Therefore, the Commission is revising its regulations to provide that its preliminary findings will be issued 45 days after receipt of the recommendation and report, so that the Commission has sufficient time to review and consider adequately a tribe's response to said recommendation and report. This revision is consistent with how the Commission envisioned tribes Start Printed Page 37115obtaining a certificate of self-regulation and ensures that all tribal submissions will be fully considered before the Commission issues a decision.
Additionally, the Commission has discovered that the final rule published on April 4, 2013, contained: An incorrect section heading in the part's table of contents; incorrectly referenced a specific section in one of its rules; and that the reference to IGRA contained in § 518.10(a) should read “25 U.S.C. 2710(b)(2)(C).” Therefore, the Commission is also revising its regulations to correct the table of contents, and to correct the referencing errors in § 518.8(b) and § 518.10(a).
Under the Administrative Procedure Act, a notice of proposed rulemaking is not required when an agency, for good cause, finds that notice and public comments are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest. Here, because this rule is not yet in effect and will not be so until September 1, 2013, and because the revisions herein are technical in nature and intended to correct inadvertent errors, the Commission is publishing a technical amendment.
The Commission has determined that this rule does not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment and that no detailed statement is required pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.
The information collection requirements contained in this rule were previously approved by the Office of Management and Budget as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq., and assigned OMB Control Number 3141-0008. The OMB control number expires on October 31, 2013.
For the reasons set forth in the Preamble, the Commission is amending 25 CFR part 518 as follows:
Start Amendment Part1. The authority citation for part 518 continues to read as follows:End Amendment Part
Start Amendment Part2. Revise the section heading to § 518.14 to read as follows:End Amendment Part
§ 518.14 May a tribe request a hearing on the Commission's proposal to revoke its certificate of self-regulation?
Start Amendment Part3. Revise § 518.7(d) to read as follows:End Amendment Part
§ 518.7 What process will the Commission use to review and certify petitions?
§ 518.8 [Amended]
Start Amendment Part4. In § 518.8(b), remove the reference “§ 518.11” and add in its place “§ 518.9 of this part.”End Amendment Part
§ 518.10 [Amended]
Start Amendment Part5. In § 518.10(a), remove the reference “End Amendment Part
[FR Doc. 2013-14669 Filed 6-19-13; 8:45 am]