The environmental report’s final draft brings to a close a five-year process the Bureau of Indian Affairs undertook once the Tejon Indian Tribe formally proposed building a casino on farmland south of Bakersfield. This starts a 30-day countdown before the Department of the Interior can choose whether the project can move forward.

Now, the Department of the Interior has 30 days to choose whether the project can move forward, Bakersfield.com reports. The soonest a decision might come forward is now late November.

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