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Line 174. Replace "oo" with "was". Lines 175-176. Delete "n is assumed to be maintained". Line 186. Replace "." with "in the reach of critical habitat downstream from the confluence of the San Juan and Animas rivers. The Flow Recommendations report contains operations rules decision trees for Navajo Dam based on either 5000 cfs or 6000 cfs maximum release rates. Such rules decision trees provide examples as to how Navajo Dam might be operated during the spring runoff period within the limits of the specified minimum and maximum release rates to mimic a natural hydrograph and meet the Flow Recommendations criteria for the San Juan River below Farmington. However, while evaluation of the action alternatives in this Environmental Impact Statement considers such operational parameters as examples, the action alternatives retain flexibility as to the amount and timing of flow within the boundaries set by the minimum and maximum release rates." Line 190. Replace ", in" with "and". Lines I 90- I 9 I. Replace", and in order to include a wider range of alternatives, another four alternatives were added" with "four additional alternatives were formulated". Lines I 91-192. References in the ADElS to an alternative to decommission and breach Navajo Dam should be deleted from the DEIS. Line 197. Insert "provide for further water development in the San Juan River Basin and to" preceding "mimic", and replace "to meet" with "meet". The minimum release rate of250 cfs under the 250/5000 Alternative is proposed to conserve water both for water development and use in the Basin and for endangered fish habitat needs. This change reflects the water supply conditions in the Basin and the dual goals ofthe SJRBRlP. Line 199. Replace ". Some" with ", and flexibility would be retained to adjust release rates within this range to respond to new information as it becomes available and to water development needs through adaptive management. The 250 cfs minimum release rate is consistent with the dam releases that were anticipated under full demand on Navajo Reservoir in the Bureau ofIndian Affairs' 1955 Feasibility Report for the Navajo Project. There are some" The 1955 Feasibility Report for the Navajo Project estimated that based on the decreed water rights for diversions from the San Juan River between Navajo Dam and Farmington, about 30,000 acre-feet per year, on average, of inflow to Navajo Reservoir would need to be passed through the dam to satisfy the downstream direct flow rights. Direct flow rights on the San Juan River downstream of Farmington were assumed to be satisfied by diversion of return flows and inflow from the Animas River. The Feasibility Report also estimated dam releases of23,000 acre-feet per year to meet the irrigation needs of the Hammond Project. Releases totaling about 53,000 acre-feet over a seven-month irrigation season would average about 127 cfs, but higher diversion rates would be necessary during the summer peak irrigation periods. The decreed maximum diversion rates for all ditches between Navajo Dam and Farmington totaled 168 cfs and the maximum diversion rate for the Hanunond Project was permitted at 90 cfs, thus yielding a total maximum diversion demand of about 258 cfs, a portion of which physically could be met from return flow. 16