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<br />-- ~ <br /> <br />, . <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />federal government under the Colorado Ute Indian Rights Settlement Act of 1988 <br /> <br />et aI, shall be recognized. <br /> <br />B. The Bureau of Reclamation will provide up to 300,000 acre-feet of peak spring <br /> <br />releases from upstream reservoir storage in Navajo and Ridges Basin Reservoirs to <br /> <br />the San Juan Recovery Program as its primary water management tool. Until <br /> <br />Ridges Basin Reservoir is completed to the extent that it can store and release <br /> <br />water, the spring releases will be met from Navajo Reservoir to the extent possible. <br /> <br />Reclamation will determine the amount of spring releases, if any, that can be made <br />~ <br /> <br />from Ridges Basin Reservoir and the amount of spring diversions from the Animas <br />- <br /> <br />Riverto Ridges' Basin Reservoir that can be foregon~, which quantities will be <br /> <br /> <br />provided to the San Juan Recovery Program after construction of Ridges Basin is <br /> <br />completed to the point that it can store and release water. <br /> <br />The spring releases will be provided to the San Juan Recovery Program <br /> <br />immediately to the extent that water is available for this purpose. With New <br /> <br />Mexico's depletions at full entitlement under the Colorado River Compacts, and <br /> <br />under average hydrologic conditions, such spring releases could be made <br /> <br />approximately 20% of the time to the San Juan River Recovery Program on a long <br /> <br />term basis, on the condition that flows in t.~e San Juan River below Navajo Dam <br /> <br />shall not be less than 500 cfs. The San Juan River Recovery Program will dictate <br /> <br />the timing and rate of spring releoses of water from upstream storage for the <br /> <br />program provided releases are not inconsistent with the minimum flow requirement <br />I <br /> <br />2 <br />