Just two months after the Department of the Interior gave its approval for the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians’ casino project in Vallejo, the organization has formally let interested parties know that it will reconsider that approval.
The reconsideration comes in a letter dated Wednesday, and sent in the same week that the United Auburn Indian Community, the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation and the Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation — a gaming and a non-gaming tribe respectively — filed lawsuits seeking to overturn the U.S. Department of the Interior’s approval of the project.
The Wednesday letter was sent from Scott J. Davis, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior, letting parties know that “while the Trust Determination still stands and the Vallejo Site remains in trust, the Department is temporarily rescinding the Gaming Eligibility Determination for reconsideration.”
