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. . Reclamation that the Gallup- We are advised by the Bureau of Navajo Project is supported by the City of Gallup and the Navajo Tribe. By letter dated March 30, 1976, the Interstate Staream Com- mission recommended to the Secretary of the Interior that he reserve 26,000 acre-feet of the water to which the United States is ent~tled under State law for such reasonable period of time as is necessary to determine the feasibility of works to apply up to that amount of water "to beneficial use on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation. The Bureau of Reclamation, under a memorandum of agreement with,the,~ureau of Indian Affairs, has completed a study of potential uses on the reservation which indicates it is feasible to develop - only 3000 acre-feet of depleti~n annually on the reservation. It is our understanding that the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Tribe are continuing to study water ?evelopment on the reservation. In their recent submittals, the Bureau of Reclamation has tabulated the Jicarilla depletion at 3000 acre-feet per annum and it may be assumed that the Secretary is no longer reserving the balance pursuant to the ISC recommendation. The office has received the following requests for water in addition to the depletions listed in Table 1: Consolidation Coal Co. 15,000 AF annually Arch Minerals 30,000 AF annually Public Service Co. of N.M. 60,000 AF annually Total 105,000 AF annually Assuming that the depletions listed in Table I under the USBR column will be realized, only 7000 acre-feet would be available within New Mexico's determination of its share of Upper Basin water for these "other" requests. The Commission could elect to support contracts for the above requests in lieu of those Navajo Reservoir contracts listed in Tables I and II. - 7 -