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I. . . 13 rABU: 3 REQUESTS/POSSIBU: ALLOCATIONS FOR ~AVAJO RESERVOI~ MaI WATER SERVICE Pro.pective Contractor Numbe r or Acre-Feet Annuallv Request Dace Consolidation Coal Co. 15 ,000 October 1981 ~y~;~~~w :'S~~;~.a ..... . .......... 1;'" "^,, U\'/ ,.JV\J 30,000 12 , 000 1,000 '''^'' "'.,.u......., .~\J~ Januart 1982 January'1981 March 1983 Ark Land Co. City of Farmington, N.M. City of Bloomfield, N.M. Jiearilla Apache R...rvation Gallup-Navajo Indian Mun1eipal Water Supply proj .ct 26,000 March 1976 32,000 11 1976 11 1/ Total Gallup-Navajo Project depletion is 32,000 acre-fe.t. Depletion by Stat.s would be as follows: N.w Mexico, 24,000 acre-f..t; Arizona 6,990 acr.- fe.t; Utaa, 1,180 acre-feet. !he New Mexico depletion include. 7,300 acre-f*et for the city of Gallup which was granted a conditional allocation by tn. St.t. of New Mexico in 1968. Extension of th. water s.rvice contract with Utah Internation.l Inc. (Contract No. 14-06-400-4831), through this determination, will apply to the S.cona . Amendatory Contract of August 31, 1982. In no event shall th. t.rm of the contract .xceed 40 years from the dace of the Seeond Amendatory CODtract (August 31, 2022). The amendatory contract provides, amona other things, for an extension of the term of the original contract, and permits additional time for UII to complete its facilities and put the water :0 beneficial u.e. Any water service past the year 2022 would require a new contract with the United States. VI. Determination Through hydrologic investigation, and recognizing the status of water use in the Upper Colorado River Basin, the physical availability, and institutional constraints, it is determined that sufficient water is reasonably likely to be available under the provision of Section ll(a) of Public Law 87-483, to fulfill contracts that involve Navajo Reservoir water depletions up to 69,000 acre-feet 4nnually througb the year 2039; and extensive hydrologic data analyses, present Colorado liv.r Storage Project operating policies, and required and projected Upper Basin water deliverieS, support the recertification that the depletion limit 1s ~.8 MAl. rhis 5.8 MAl yield from the Upper Colorado River Basin is recognized by the Bureau and the Department as a eonservative estimate to be U$ed for planning purposes only and is not intended to be an interpretation of the Upper Basin entitlement according to the provisions or the Colorado River Compacts and other law of the river. Therefore, we conclude that the projection of water uses now envisioned in the Upper Basin by year 2040 with the 5.8 MAl d.pletion level remaining in effeet, including deliveries under long-term contracts involving 69,000 acre-feet or Navajo Reservoir depletions, will not impair the Upper Ba.in's ability to meet its water deliv.ry obligation to the Lower Basin and th. Republic of Mexico. --..