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Subsequently, the SOR Team attempted to evaluate the alternatives shown in Chapter 3 

 using these criteria. This experience led staff to conclude that certain of the criteria did 

 not distinguish betv^een alternatives. The list of criteria that did not distinguish 

 between alternatives included: 



• Results in clear, understandable procedures 



• Develop understandii\g/educate public about river operations 



• Develops clear, implementable System Operations Strategy. 



• Allows for future changes 



Further analysis showed that these four criteria are actually better treated as objectives 

 for designing alternatives. It is certainly desirable, for example, to have dear, 

 understandable procedures. But this remains true regardless of which alternative is 

 selected, and there was no basis for assuming that one of the alternatives would do a 

 better job of generating dear, understandable procedures than any of the others. The 

 same rationale applied to the other three criteria. 



Based on this prelinunary analysis, the following criteria were found to be useful in 

 discriminating between alternatives: 



• Reduces legal/fwlitical challenges: The new Forum has suffident 

 credibility that decisions made by the Forum are not as frequently 

 challenged politically or legally. Dedsions "count," once made. 



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