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o The Preferred Alternative ultimately selected and implemented by the Secretary of the Interior must recognize and comply with the Law of the River. o The Preferred Alternative must not impair delivery obligations by the Upper Basin at Lee Ferry and annual and monthly deliveries scheduled pursuant to the Annual Operating plans developed under the Colorado River Basin Project Act and the Long Range Operating criteria. o Annual delivery obligations must comply with the criteria for Coordinated Long Range Operation of Colorado River Reservoirs and the minimum object release of 8.23 maf must be maintained. o Flood frequency reduction measures requiring the reservation of additional storage space in Lake Powell should not impair the storage of water required to meet long term delivery obligations to the Lower Basin. Additional flood control space should be achieved by increasing the capacity of Lake Powell by raising the spillway gates as proposed in the Preferred Alternative. o Beach/Habitat building flows of 45,000 cfs exceed the power plant capacity of 33,200 cfs, violate the Law of the River and cannot be supported by Colorado. o The preferred alternative must adequately address the economic and financial impacts of any criteria and operating plans adopted pursuant to the Grand Canyon Protection Act, including: impacts on energy users, economic and environmental impacts of the replacement of lost energy and power generating capacity, . integrity of the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund, and reallocation of the costs of construction, operation, maintenance and. emergency expenditures. Thank you again for giving Colorado the opportunity to provide these comments at this time. Our written comments will elaborate on these issues. 2