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MEMORANDUM <br />April 22, 2005 <br />To: Philip Mutz, Upper Colorado River Commissioner for New Mexico <br />From: John Whipple, ISC staff and Engineering Committee member for New Mexico <br />Subject: Revised Upper Colorado River Basin Depletion Schedule for New Mexico <br />The State of New Mexico and the Navajo Nation on April 19, 2005, signed the San Juan River <br />Basin in New Mexico Navajo Nation Water Rights Settlement Agreement. For Congress to approve the <br />Settlement- Contract between the-U rftedl States - and -ihe Navaj01- Na#ron -that is- deseribed in- subparagraph <br />6.2 of the Settlement Agreement, the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to Public Law 87-483 will need <br />to make a determination that sufficient water is reasonably likely to be available under the <br />apportionments made by the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact for the Navajo Nation's uses in New <br />Mexico under the Navajo - Gallup Water Supply Project. New Mexico State Engineer Thomas Turney <br />via letter to Rick Gold dated February 19, 2002, transmitted to the Bureau of Reclamation a schedule of <br />anticipated depletions in the San Juan River Basin in New Mexico, dated February 2002, that indicated <br />that sufficient water would be available through the year 2060 to service the existing and authorized uses <br />in New Mexico and the Navajo - Gallup Water Supply Project. The New Mexico Interstate Stream <br />Commission staff prepared the revised depletion schedule attached hereto to incorporate minor <br />adjustments to the February 2002 schedule to reflect the Settlement Agreement and data updates. The <br />revised depletion schedule indicates that under the Settlement Agreement, sufficient water would be <br />available to service the Settlement Contract. The revised depletion schedule is to be provided to the <br />Bureau of Reclamation for the Secretary's consideration pursuant to subparagraph 6.1 of the Settlement <br />Agreement, and would be subject to further minor adjustments as may be appropriate. <br />The depletion schedule shows anticipated average annual depletions over time for use for <br />planning purposes only. The schedule is not a tabulation or determination of water rights and is not <br />