NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL SPECIAL USES. 23 



PROCEDURE. 



An application filed in error with the Forester, District Forester, or 



Error in place of supervisor will be returned to the applicant for filing 

 filing. in the proper local land office. 



When the Forester receives the map of application from the Gen- 

 eral Land Office he will make three prints and return 

 Footer the ori g inal with . an appropriate letter. He will 



then send to the District Forester the prints and three 

 carbon copies of his letter to the commissioner. 



Upon the receipt of the prints and carbons, the District Forester 



Initial action by will forward two copies of each to the supervisor 

 District Forester, and retain one copy of each for his own files. 



Upon the receipt of the prints and carbons, the supervisor wiU for- 

 ward one copy of each to the ranger, will cause an 

 visor* 10 ysuper " immediate field examination to be made, and will 

 report with recommendations to the District Forester 

 on Forms 964 and 578. When it appears to the supervisor that the 

 right of way applied for will be used in connection with the develop- 

 ment of water power or may conflict with such development, he will 

 recommend to the District Forester that a field examination be made 

 by the District engineer. 



If in the judgment of the District Forester a field examination by 



District engi- the District engineer is necessary he will cause such 

 neer's examina- examination to be made. In such cases the District 

 tion engineer will make a field examination of the project 



and collect all data bearing upon the case that may be necessary and 

 available. Whenever practicable the supervisor will cooperate in 

 making this examination. 



If the right of way is to be used for a railroad, the District engineer 

 should determine whether in his judgment the road, if built, will 

 cross reservoir sites of special value or those likely to be needed in the 

 near future, or will interfere with power or other development already 

 projected. In such cases, the District engineer should report whether 

 the power or other use is so immediate or so important as to justify 

 the department in recommending to the Secretary of the Interior 

 that he require a relocation of the line before approving the applica- 

 tion. 



If the application is for an irrigation right of way under the act of 

 March 3, 1891, or for municipal or mining purposes under the act of 

 February 1, 1905, the opportunity for the use of the right of way for 

 other purposes, especially for the development of power, should be 

 carefully investigated. 



After the completion of the examination and the collection of data, 

 . . the District engineer will submit to the District For- 



.TrV!??^ r f n ^~ ester a report in duplicate on the project, describing 

 neer s report. . . , A 1 . . A , , A , > . . 



it in detail, and giving the results of his examination. 

 If the application is under the act of March 3, 1891, or February 1, 

 1905, the report should state the amount of water to be used and the 

 locality where used. If the development of power is contemplated or 

 is possible, a careful estimate should be made of the amount of power 

 capable of development, whether if developed it will be used com- 

 mercially or otherwise, and the comparative value of the right of way 

 if used as applied for, or if used for the development of power. The 



