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Line 275. Replace "never" with "not". Line 276. Insert "and under existing law" following "alternative". Line 279. Delete "needed". It is arguable as to whether the Secretary of the Interior could not proceed with the Animas-La Plata Project absent a favorable Biological Opinion from the Fish and Wildlife Service. Line 281. Replace "right" with "rights", insert "likely" following "settlement", and replace "met" with "implemented". Also, add a sentence at the end ofline 281 that reads: "This assumes that in the absence of reo per at ion of Navajo Dam to provide natural flow mimicry, other reasonable and prudent alternatives cannot be found to provide Endangered Species Act compliance for the ALP Project." Line 284. Replace "acre-foot" with "acre-feet". Line 293. Replace "minor unspecified water contracts" with "unspecified small projects water uses". Line 295. Replace "Navajo Reservoir" with "the Navajo Reservoir Supply". Line 296. Replace "Mexico Contract" with "Mexico's San Juan Power Plant diversion". Line 306. Insert "provide for further water development in the San Juan River Basin and to" following "to". 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 of the SJRBRIP. Line 308. Replace "." 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." 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 Hammond 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. The DEIS should indicate that Navajo Dam release rates 4