[Federal Register: January 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 12)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 3223-3224]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Indian Gaming Commission
25 CFR Parts 502 and 546
Classification Standards for Bingo, Lotto, Other Games Similar to
Bingo, Pull Tabs and Instant Bingo as Class II Gaming When Played
Through an Electronic Medium Using ``Electronic, Computer, or Other
Technologic Aids''
AGENCY: National Indian Gaming Commission, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Extension of Comment Period.
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SUMMARY: The National Indian Gaming Commission (``NIGC'') announces the
extension of the comment period on the proposed rule concerning
Classification Standards for Bingo, Lotto, Other Games Similar to
Bingo, Pull Tabs and Instant Bingo as Class II Gaming When Played
Through an Electronic Medium Using ``Electronic, Computer, or Other
Technologic Aids.'' The proposed rule was published in the Federal
Register on October 24, 2007 (72 FR 60483). The NIGC is extending the
comment period to March 9, 2008.
DATES: Submit comments on the proposed Classification Standards for
Bingo, Lotto, Other Games Similar to Bingo, Pull Tabs and Instant Bingo
as Class II Gaming When Played Through an Electronic Medium Using
``Electronic, Computer, or Other Technologic Aids'' on or before March
9, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Mail comments to ``Comments on Class II Classification
Standards,'' National Indian Gaming Commission, 1441 L Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20005, Attn: Penny Coleman, Acting General Counsel.
Comments may be transmitted by facsimile to 202-632-7066. Comments may
be sent electronically to classification_standards@nigc.gov. Comments
may also be submitted through the Federal eRulemaking portal at
http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John R. Hay, Office of General
Counsel, at 202-632-7003 (this is not a toll free call).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress established the National Indian
Gaming Commission under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (25
U.S.C. 2701-21) (``IGRA'') to regulate gaming on Indian lands. The NIGC
issued a proposed rule regarding classification standards for Bingo,
Lotto, other games similar to Bingo, Pull Tabs and Instant Bingo as
class II gaming when played through an electronic medium using
electronic, computer, or other technologic aids, which was published in
the Federal Register on October 24, 2007 (72 FR 60483). The proposed
rule provided for public comments to be submitted by December 10, 2007.
The NIGC extended the comment period to January 24, 2008, in the Notice
of Extension of Comment Period, published in the Federal Register on
November 16, 2007 (72 FR 64545). The NIGC is again extending the
comment period on the proposed Classification Standards for Bingo,
Lotto, Other Games Similar to Bingo, Pull Tabs and Instant Bingo as
Class II Gaming When Played Through an Electronic Medium Using
``Electronic, Computer, or Other Technologic Aids'' to March 9, 2008.
Comments should be submitted on or before March 9, 2008.
Importantly, the deadline for submitting comments on the burden,
estimates or any other aspects of the information collection
requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501,
et seq., remains
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January 24, 2008, as provided in the notice published in the Federal
Register on November 28, 2007 (72 FR 67251).
Dated: January 11, 2008.
Philip N. Hogen,
Chairman, National Indian Gaming Commission.
Norman H. DesRosiers,
Commissioner, National Indian Gaming Commission.
[FR Doc. E8-769 Filed 1-16-08; 8:45 am]
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