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In practice, it seems unlikely that once a new entity was established it would seek either 

 a reconunendation from another existing entity, or a recommendation by still another 

 new entity. Thus the only combination that seems appropriate with Decisionmaking by 

 a New Entity would likely be with a Complete Public Involvement Program. 



3.4 FORUM ALTERNATIVES 



In order to focus on the important differences among all possible alternatives, the SOR 

 Team decided to restrict the analysis to the following alternatives: 



• FORUM 1: Decisionmaking by the SOR lead agencies + a complete public 

 involvement program. 



• FORUM 2: Decisionmaking by the SOR lead agencies + recommendation by 

 an existing regional entity.^ 



• FORUM 3: Decisionmaking by the SOR lead agencies + recommendation by 

 a new entity .^ 



• FORUM 4: Decisionmaking by a Federal Consultation Forum [the SOR 

 agencies + other Federal agencies with jurisdiction (e.g., NMFS and USFWS) ] 

 + a complete public involvement program. 



^ The assumption is made that the exisbng regional entity would conduct a complete public involvement 



program. 



* The assumption is made that the new entity would conduct a complete public involvement program. 



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