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The Flow Recommendations did not provide for making a spring peak release from Navajo Reservoir in 2004 due to the severity of the drought and the hydrologic conditions in the San Juan River Basin. Although there was no peak release, at times higher than normal base flows were released from Navajo Reservoir during the spring and summer months during water year 2004. Releases from Navajo Reservoir from June through August 2004 averaged 548 cfs (15.5 ems) and were as high as 806 cfs (22.8 cms) in mid-August. These releases were necessary due to decreasing flows in the San Juan River endangered fish critical habitat area (Farmington to Lake Powdl). The Flow Recommendations call for an average weekly flow of between 500 cfs (14 cms) and 1,000 cfs (28 cms) in this reach of the river; however, because of the poor water supply conditions at Navajo Reservoir, the SJRJP and the Fish and Wildlife Service concurred in providing a lesser basle flow of .400 cfs through the critical habitat reach during the 2004 irrigation season only, which flow is deemed sufficient to maintain endangered fish populations and habitat in the San Juan River through the critical habitat reach for the designated time period. With minimal tributary inflow to the San Juan River below Navajo Dam (primarily the Animas Rive:r)in 2004, this flow, as well as the flow required to meet downstream demands and natural losses, had to be made up almost entirely of releases from Navajo Reservoir. In response to the extremely low storage level in Navajo Reservoir, coupled with a less-than-average predicted inflow in 2004, a shortage sharing agreement was developed among water users in 2004. The 2004 shortage sharing recommendations were similar to the agreement that was developed in 2003. Ten major water users, including the Jicarilla Apache and Navajo Nations, Hammond Conservancy District, Public Service Company of New Mexico, City ofFarrnington~ ArizC)na Public Service Company, BHP-Billiton, Bloomfield Irrigation District, Fanners Mutual Ditch,~md Jewett Valley Ditch, endorsed the. recommendations which included limitations on diversions for 2004, criteria for determining a shortage, and shortage-sharing requirements in the event of a water supply shortfall, including sharing of shortages between the water users and the flow demands for endangered fish habitat. In addition to the ten major water users, the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the SJRIP all provided input to the recommendations, and the recommendations were accepted for reservoir operation and river administration purposes by Reclamation and the New Mexico State Engineer; 1be criteria used for determining a water shortage in 2004 at Navajo Reservoir was based on protecting an elevation of5,990 feet (the top of the inactivle pool), with future inflows assumed to be at minimum probable levels (90 percent exceedance). When the water surface elevation at Navajo Reservoir was projected to fall below 5,990 feet, with projected inflows at the minimum probable level, a water supply shortfall was determined. The shortage calculations were updated frequently as runoff forecasts changed and actual runoff materialized. Because of sufficient inflow into Navajo Reservoir in 2004, no shortages were required during the 2004 water year. Reclamation IS proceeding through a NEP A process on the implementation of operations at Navajo Dam that meet the Flow Recommendations, or a reasonable alternative to them. A Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS was filed on October 1, 1999,in the Federal Register. A draft EIS was released on 13