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6 (":) ,...-:) 'j 7(a)(2) of the Endangered species Act. The specific criteria for such participation are listed in Section 5. .... '""' Although not formal, voting, participants in the Implementation Program, any member of the public may attend the open meetings of the Committees and present his or her concerns or recommendations for the consideration of Program participants. In order to carry out the Implementation Program, three committees will be established: a Biology Committee, an Operating Committee, and a Coordination Committee. The composition and functions of each committee are discussed in Section 5.0. Participation in the Implementation Program is voluntary. Each participant will assess whether the Implementation Program goals are being achieved. If any party decides not to continue its participation, that party will submit its reason(s) to the Coordination Committee in writing. The Coordination Committee will be given sufficient time to resolve any problem(s). If a party's participation in the Implementation Program is essential to implementing a reasonable and prudent alternative to avoid jeopardy to the endangered fish, its withdrawal may result in reinitiation of consultation under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act. 1.6 TRUST RESPONSIBILITIES The reservations of four federally recognized Indian tribes are located within the Basin. The four tribes have reserved water rights under federal law, most of which have not been quantified, to provide water to the reservations for use as permanent homelands. The Secretary of the Interior has a trust responsibility to assert and protect the trust water resources of the tribes. with regard to three of the four tribes, there currently are specific federal plans for the partial development of tribal water resources. Under the Act of June 13, 1962, 76 Stat. 96, congress authorized, among other things, the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project (NIIP) to benefit the Navajo Nation. Based on congressional actions, six of the NIIP's 11 blocks have been fully constructed and Blocks 7 and 8 are currently under construction. Congress has consistently provided annual appropriations for NIIP's completion. On June 30, 1986, the Under Secretary of the Interior signed an agreement which established the principles for settlement of the reserved water right claims of the Southern Utes and Ute Mountain Utes and the financial arrangements for the settlement and for the construction of the Animas-La Plata Project. The nonfederal cost sharing commitments contained in the agreement were in