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~'.I t-.~l ,.., (~ W Q) Agenda Item 9d May 24-25, 1999 Board Meeting Page 5 00 Colorado New Mexico Reservoir Evao. Total ALP Lite 40.880 13.520 2.700 57,100 We believe that ALP depletions of 128,600 af should be allowable concurrently with the remainder ofNIIP depletions. Comoact Develooment Based on the November 1995 "Final Report, Colorado River Compact Water Development Projection" our best estimate at this timc is that the upper limit of total depletions by the State of Colorado from the San Juan River Basin may approach 485,000 af(existing and future), Of the amount remaining, we could assume half occurs above Navajo and half below. The use pattern would be predominately M&! we expect. However, most of the new use will have to depend on storage, Therefore, we suggest assuming that much of depletion will need to come from the peak, PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT Public involvement remains a significant issue for this program, As you can see from the attached table of depletion estimates, there are still issues to resolve, We will continue to work to find ways for more public input and coordination with the San Juan Recovery Program, FLOW RECOMMENDA nONS AND NAVAJO DAM RELEASE DECISION TREE Attached are the flow recommendations and the decision tree adopted to re-operate Navajo Dam for the benefit of endangered fish, The decision tree will be used for the first time to re-operate Navajo Dam in 1999. Reclamation will initiate a Navajo Dam Operations Group in 1999 to perform the same function as those groups do at Aspinall and Flaming Gorge, Reclamation will also initiate the required NEP A process to support the suggested re-operations in late June or early July, Mr. Pat Schumacher will be available to address the CWeB on Navajo Dam re-operations. RECOMMENDATION This is an informational item and staff has no recommendations.