Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne won't be approving an off-reservation casino for the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe of New York any time soon.
The Interior Department agreed to delay a lawsuit filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council so that Kempthorne can review the project. But his concerns about off-reservation gaming could tie up a decision for months.
"We are not hearing that the secretary is going to act immediately," an attorney for the NRDC told The Middletown Times Herald-Record. "We are hearing exactly the opposite."
NRDC is challenging the environmental assessment for the $600 million casino in the Catskills. The group wants a more complete environmental review of the project.
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Deal between casino foes and feds to delay St. Regis Mohawk's plans for Monticello
(The Middletown Times Herald-Record 4/24)
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Kempthorne said to be moving slow on Mohawk casino
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
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