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Basin in New Mexico, and to approve the Settlement Agreement and other authorizations . to secure to the Navajo Nation a water supply to meet the needs of the Nation and its members; and (3) a proposed Settlement Contract to provide for deliveries to the Navajo Nation under Bureau of Reclamation water projects, namely the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project, the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, and the Animas-La Plata Project. The governing bodies or authorities of the Navajo Nation, the State of New Mexico and the United States have not approved the proposed Settlement Agreement and will be reviewing it during the next couple of months. Also, the New Mexico Congressional delegation will be reviewing the Settlement Agreement. The proposed Settlement Agreement and appendix documents are available at the Office of the State Engineer website (www.ose.state.nm.us) for public review, and public meetings to discuss the proposed Settlement Agreement are scheduled to be held on December 15 in Farmington and January 5 in Shiprock beginning at 6:00 pm. The Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources . and the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission will take comments on the documents through January 15, 2004. The provisions of the proposed Settlement Agreement are subject to continuing negotiations. The following tabulation is a summary of the reserved rights that the Navajo Nation would have under the proposed Settlement Agreement. Diversion Amount Rate Depletion (af/yr) (cfs) (af/yr) Priority Irrigation Projects: Navajo Indian Irrigation Project Fruitland-Cambridge Irrigation Project Hogback-Cudei Irrigation Project San Juan River supplemental irrigation 2 Tributary irrigation projects, including storage 508,000 1,200 267,000 15,940 100 7,970 42,200 225 21,100 14,500 55 0 Determine by Hydrosurvey 3 Subordinated 1 1868 1868 2004 1868 . 2