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In order that the district forester may be informed of the power 

 situation in the whole district the supervisors will forward from 

 time to time whatever information they are able to collect, formally 

 or informally, concerning costs of generation of power, the returns 

 from its sale, the interrelations of the various companies, transfers 

 of rights, water locations, etc. The date and source of all such in- 

 formation should be given with the supervisor's opinion of its 

 reliability. 



SEMICOMMERCIAL POWER PROJECTS. 

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Power projects of a semicommercial nature will be regarded as 

 ommercial except in so far as a satisfactory showing of partial 

 noncommercial use may be made to the district forester by the 

 permittee. 



The application, procedure, and rental charges will be the same 



for commercial power projects except that the charge will be based 

 pon the rental capacity of the power site after a proper credit has 

 been given for the amount of power used for noncommercial pur- 

 poses. (See Reg. L-8.) The credit so given will be such propor- 

 tion of the preceding year's schedule charge (before any credits have 

 been applied thereto) as the amount of power used for noncom- 

 mercial purposes during the preceding year bears to the total amount 

 of power developed during such year. The amount of the credit 

 will be determined from statements submitted to the district forester 

 by the permittee, or, if necessary, from an examination of the per- 

 mittee's books (see Reg. L-14 (G), (H) ), or from an investigation by 

 the district engineer. 



The data for determining the credit will be obtained each year 

 by November 15, in order that the district forester may be prepared 

 to send to the permittee at that time a statement of account, accom- 

 panied by a letter of transmittal (Form 861), if a balance is due 

 from the permittee. In arriving at the deduction to be made for 

 any year, data shall be used for the 12 months next preceding the 

 date of determination. 



APPLICATION AND PERMIT FOR POWER PROJECTS OF 100 HORSE- 

 POWER TOTAL CAPACITY OR LESS. 



Permits for the occupancy and use of power sites having a total 

 capacity of 100 horsepower or less will be issued by the district 

 forester. (Reg. L-l.) No charge will be made for such permits. 



Applications in writing will be filed with the district forester and 

 must conform to the requirements of Regulation L-12. 



When the application is received the district forester will indorse 

 thereon the date of its receipt. The application will be examined 

 by the district engineer to determine whether it conforms to the 

 requirements of the regulation and whether the total capacity of 

 the site is 100 horsepower or less. If the capacity is found to be 

 in excess of 100 horsepower the application will be returned and 

 the applicant informed that an application in the form prescribed 

 by Regulation L-10 or L-ll will be required. If the application is 

 complete and the total capacity is 100 horsepower or less the dis- 

 trict forester will send the supervisor two print maps of location 

 and a copy of the notes of survey and such other papers as may be 



