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* designated by the Director, and’ attorneys of the Department of Justice designated by the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division, to be chaired by a designee of the Director. (2) Upon receipt from FBIHQ of a SAC’s application for approval of an undercover operation, the Committee will reviéw the application. The Justice Department members of the Committee may consult with senior Department officials and the United States Attorney or Strike Force Chief, as they deem appropriate. If the Committee concurs in the determinations contained in the application, and finds that in other respects the undercover operation should go forward, see paragraph F(3) and (4) below, the Committee is authorized to recommend to the Director or designated Assistant Director, see paragraph G, that approval be granted. (3) - In reviewing the application, the Committee shall carefully assess the contemplated benefits of the undercover operation, together with the operating and other costs of the proposed operation. In assessing the costs of the undercover operation, the Committee shall consider, where relevant, the following factors, among others: (a) the risk of harm to private individuals or undercover employees; (b) the risk of financial loss to private individuals and businesses, and the risk of damage liability or other loss to the government; (c) the risk of harm to reputation; (d) the risk of harm to privileged or confidential relationships; (e) the risk of invasion of privacy; (f) the degree to which the actions of undercover employees or cooperating private individuals may approach the conduct proscribed in paragraph J below; and (g) the suitability of undercover employees’ or cooperating private individuals’ participating . in activity of the sort contemplated during the undercover operation. (4) If the proposed undercover operation involves any of the sensitive circumstances listed-in paragraph B, the Committee shall also examine the application to determine whether the