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Lines 393-412. The Interstate Stream Commission has not received from Reclamation advanced copies of the Attachments to Volume I of the DElS and of Volume II of the DElS, with the exception of the Draft Biological Assessment. The documents to be provided in Volume II are of critical importance to support the findings and conclusions of the DElS, and the cooperating agencies should have the opportunity to review them before they are maue avaiiau]" 1U1 ,,,vi,,,,, by the general public. In particular, the State of New Mexico agencies (the Interstate Stream Commission, the Game and Fish Depanment, and the Environment Department) have a keen interest in reviewing the technical background material on hydrology and water quality and the fish and wildlife documentation, such as the trout health assessment. The impacts of modified Navajo Dam operations occur largely to New Mexico and its people, and the State agencies are conscious to see that all impacts are reliably assessed in the DElS. The Commission again requests an opportunity to review and provide comment on the Volume II materials in full before the DEIS is issued for public review and comment. CHAPTER n Lines 26-27. Delete line 26 in its entirety; and on line 27, replace "enable future" with "and to enable". The lines as written incorrectly relegate the development and use of compact apportionments to something other than an authorized purpose of the Navajo Unit. Line 28. Replace "court" with "Supreme Court". The suggested language is consistent with the goals of the SJRBRIP. Line 33. Replace "would also" with "also are expected to". Line 36. Insert "criteria" preceding the period. Line 37. Add a paragraph that reads: "The Flow Recommendations criteria are not necessarily inviolate, and progress towards recovery of the endangered fish species in the San Juan River will be measured by all actions taken to improve endangered fish habitat and population status, as well as by population response, consistent with the recovery goals for the species and the SJRBRIP's Principles for Conducting Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultations on Water Development and Water Management Activities Affecting Endangered Fish Species in the San Juan River Basin. Reasonable alternatives to operating Navajo Dam to meet fully the criteria of the Flow Recommendations may be considered. Further, the SJRBRIP is to provide reasonable and prudent alternatives to allow further water development to take place in the San Juan River Basin in accordance with interstate compacts and Federal trust responsibilities to Indian tribes in the Basin and in compliance with the ESA." Line 46. Replace "Compact apportionment includes, but is not limited to," with "depletions associated with". Line 47. Replace "and" with ",". Line 48. Replace "." with ", and current water uses in the San Juan River Basin are within the 13 ~1M$f