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more importandy, to the implementation of the annual operating plan. Issues or 

 suggestions that exceed the SOS cxjuld be considered part of the general SOS review as 

 mentioned above, but would not affect the planned operations for that year. The actual 

 operation of the Federal system would remain with the present operators. 



2.2.4 Real Time Operations 



Real time operations are, by their very nature, reactive to specific conditions <md needs. 

 As such, the time required between the recognition of a problem to an action taken to 

 correct the problem is quite short Any process contemplated for the Forvmi would in 

 most cases extend past the time when action is necessitated. Nevertheless, the operators 

 have some flexibility, within a relatively narrow band, and there is always interest in 

 whether the operators' decisions favored some uses over others. While the Forum 

 would not participate in the real-time decision, it could evaluate the action taken and 

 consider whether provisions for similar events should be included in the either the SOS 

 or future annual operating plans. The SOR lead agencies were given the responsibility 

 to operate the Federal system and the Forvmi would not affect this responsibility. 



2.3 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROCESSES 



Decisions about a Forum are liiUced to two other processes being cor\sidered as part of 

 the System Operations Review: the consideration of alternatives to the Pacific 

 Northwest Coordination Agreement, and renewal of the Canadian Entitiement 

 Allocation Agreements. It is also linked to other processes ultimately affecting how 

 operational plarming and implementation is performed for the Columbia River system: 

 the Northwest Power Plaiming Council's Power Plan and Fish and Wildlife Program, 

 and Endangered Spedes Act recovery planning and consultation. The PNCA and 



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