PROCEDURE, 



U. S. DEPARTMENT or AGRICULTURE, 



FOREST SERVICE, 



Washington, D. C. 



The following procedure and instructions are hereby established 

 and issued to take effect February 24, 1913, governing the enforce- 

 ment of the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to 

 power projects and to telephone, telegraph, and power-transmission 

 lines within the National Forests. 



HENRY S. GRAVES, 



Forester. 



Approved February 24, 1913. 

 JAMES WILSON, Secretary. 



GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. 



All applications for the occupancy and use of National Forest lands 

 for the purpose of developing power will be filed with the district 

 forester of the district in which the power is to be developed. 



Applications for the occupancy and use of public lands outside the 

 National Forests will also be filed with the district forester, but the 

 applicant will be required to file with the local land office of the land 

 district in which such lands are situated such maps and papers and 

 such copies thereof as are required by the regulations of the Depart- 

 ment of the Interior. Applications filed in error in the Forester's or 

 supervisor's office will be forwarded to the district forester con- 

 cerned. 



PRELIMINARY APPLICATIONS AND PERMITS. 



If an applicant desires to secure priority for his application during 

 a time sufficient for the preparation of the maps, plans, and other 

 data required to be filed with an application for a final power permit, 

 he may do so by filing an application for preliminary permit. (See 

 Reg. L-10 and Form 58.) 



The preliminary permit will be granted for a definite limited pe- 

 riod, which will vary according to the circumstances of the particular 

 case, and will be only long enough to give a reasonable time for the 

 preparation of a final application as prescribed in the regulations. 



In general, such period will not exceed two years. If a longer time 

 than this is applied for and approved in any case, a special report 

 will be made by the district engineer showing the necessity for the 

 longer period, which report will be submitted with the other papers 

 in the case. 

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