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The depletion schedules for the Upper Basin States have been developed only to project future <br />uses to facilitate planning for future development of the water resources available to the Upper Basin <br />States. The depletion schedules do not provide a definitive accounting of use under the Upper Colorado <br />River Basin Compact apportionments. In the Hydrologic Determination approved by the Secretary of <br />the Interior on February 2, 1989, the Bureau of Reclamation determined that the yield available to the <br />Upper Basin States under the apportionment of water to the Upper Basin by Article III of the Colorado <br />River Compact is at least 6.0 million acre -feet of water annually based on a minimum objective release <br />of 8.23 million acre -feet per year from Glen Canyon Dam. The Upper Colorado River Commission <br />disagrees with the assumption of a minimum release of 8.23 million acre -feet per year from Glen <br />Canyon Dam, but the Commission does not object to the determination. The depletion schedule shows <br />the State of New Mexico's share of 6.0 million acre -feet minimum yield available to the Upper Basin to <br />be about 669,400 acre -feet of consumptive use annually. If in the future it is determined that the yield <br />available to the Upper Basin States exceeds 6.0 million acre -feet of water annually and an additional <br />allocation of water can be made available for use within the State of New Mexico's Upper Colorado <br />River Basin Compact apportionment, then additional Navajo and non- Navajo uses can be projected or <br />scheduled consistent with subparagraph 8.2 of the Settlement Agreement. On the other hand, if in the <br />fixture it is determined that actual uses in New Mexico exceed its Upper Basin apportionment, the New <br />Mexico State Engineer is vested with the authority to determine curtailments of junior water uses in <br />New Mexico as necessary to comply with the Colorado River and Upper Colorado River Basin <br />compacts. <br />The depletion schedule does not reflect salvage by use. The apportionments made by the U PP er <br />Colorado River Basin Compact to the Upper Basin States are of the flow available to the Upper Basin In at <br />Lee Ferry under Article III of the Colorado River Compact. When a use of water is made in the <br />Upper <br />2 <br />