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agencies. The agencies also receive both formal and informal comments and 

 suggestions on operations through letters, public meetings and consultations. For 

 example, the Council has established an advisory group called the Fish Operations 



Executive Committee. The membership of this group consists of . The Fish 



Operations Executive Committee monitors the operation of the Columbia River system. 

 It's recommendations feed into amendments to the Power Plaiming Council's Fish and 

 Wildlife Program., influencing operations in future years. This advice is all considered 

 in making future strategy, operating plan and real-time decisions. 



2.2 RELATIONSHIP OF FORUM TO OPERATIONS 



2.2.1 Introduction 



The Forum could relate to each of the major stages of Federal operations, or be the arena 

 or process in which to discuss changes to the SOS, the Annual Operating Plan and/or 

 real-time operations. 



2.2.2 System Operating Strategy 



The SOS is intended to be a long-term strategy for Federal project operations. It should 

 establish general policies on operations and define the limits in project operations. 

 Some amount of operational flexibility should remain even after the strategy is applied 

 to various Federal projects. Many people view the SOS as a set of nonpower 

 requirements as this term is defined in the current PNCA. As such, the SOS would 

 define project-specific, multiple-use requirements that must be met These 

 requirements are usually expressed as minimum or maximum flow requirements and 

 minimum or maximum reservoir elevations. In combination, they form a band within 



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