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a. lake Powell Lake Powell began water year 1995 at elevation 3654.4 feet with a live content of 17, 773,000 acre-feet, only 73 percent of capacity. Unregulated inflow into Lake Powell for water year 1995 was 16,291 ,000acre-feet, 136 percent of the long-term average. The peak regulated inflow to Lake Powell was 2,680 cubic meters per second (94,500 cfs) on June 21, 1995. Lake Powell finished water year 1995 at an elevation of 3687.1 feet and storage of 22,311,000acre-feet, 92 percent of capacity. Lake Powell rose to about 6 feet from full in August 1995. During water year 1996, releases greater than the minimum release objective of 8,230,OOOacre-feet will only be made if required to equalize the storage between Lakes Powell and Mead or to avoid spills from Lake Powell. Under the most probable inflow conditions, releases of 11,655,OOOacre-feet would be made, and the reservoir would lose 399,000 acre-feet of storage. Under the probable maximum inflow scenario, approximately 16,234,000 acre-feet will b~ released during the water year, and Lake Powell would gain 570,000 acre-feet of storage. This maximum probable inflow would require relea~es greater than 20,000 cfs for a lengthy period of time. It is estimated that it will take two years of average inflow to refill Lake Powell. The interim flow restrictions on the daily and hourly releases from Glen Canyon Dam implemented in August 1991 will continue during water year 1996. A Record of Decision on the Glen Canyon Dam EIS will be completed following the audit specified in the 1992 Grand Canyon Protection Act. A monitoring program has been implemented and will continue to measure the effect of interim flow restrictions on downstream resources. Based on a request from the Transition Work Group of the Glen Canyon Dam EIS, one week of high steady flows for research purposes is planned from Glen Canyon Dam in March/April 1996. These flows would test the effectiveness of the Beach/Habitat-Building flow recommendation in the Glen Canyon Dam EIS and would require bypassing the powerplant. b. Flaming Gorge Reservoir Unregulated inflow into Flaming Gorge Reservoir for water year 1995 was 1,854,000 acre-feet, 112 percent of normal. Actual regulated inflow was 1,774,OOOacre-feet. The April through July runoff was 1, 175,500acre-feet, or 98 percent of the long-term average. With this inflow, Flaming Gorge gained 601,000 acre-feet) of storage in water year 1995. 61