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within the Forest boundaries which can be used for the purpose 

 desired. Only such tracts as can be described by legal subdi- 

 visions or approximate legal subdivisions should be recommended. 

 If the district forester approves the selection, he will submit to the 

 Forester the report and supervisor's letter, together with the original 

 and two copies of a letter to the Secretary of the Interior prepared 

 for the signature of the Secretary of Agriculture, recommending the 

 withdrawal, and the original and two copies of a draft of Executive 

 order making the withdrawal. The letter to the Secretary of the 

 Interior must contain a statement that there is no land within the 

 Forest boundaries suitable and available for the purpose involved. 

 When final action has been taken, the papers will be returned to 

 the district forester. If the Forester disapproves the selection, the 

 papers will be accompanied by the original and one copy of his 

 disapproval. If the site is recommended for withdrawal, the papers 

 will be accompanied by a copy of the Secretary's letter and a copy 

 of the Executive order. 



When the papers are received by the supervisor, the final action 

 will be recorded in the tract book. The supervisor will forward to 

 the district ranger a copy of the report with an indorsement of the 

 final action taken an4 a blue print of the tracing. He will forward 

 with the report a copy of field notes and of the Executive order of 

 withdrawal, if any. 



In the district office an administrative site case will be closed 

 when the selection has been approved or disapproved 



Closing admin- by the district forester or the Forester or the site has 

 causes"^ s * * e been withdrawn by an Executive order and the 

 supervisor has been notified of the final action. In 

 the supervisor's office the case will be closed when notice has been 

 received from the district forester of the final action taken and after 

 the record of final action has been made and the district ranker 

 notified. When a conflict arises between an administrative site 

 selection and a claim or an application under the act of June 11, 1906, 

 the administrative site case will not be closed until the conflict is finally 

 settled. 



Administrative sites on National Forest land which have been 

 selected, but which have not been withdrawn by the 



Cancellation of Secretary of the Interior or by an Executive order 

 withdrawals* nd ma ^ canceled by an order of the district forester. 

 The order will be prepared in triplicate by the super 

 visor and the original and one copy will be submitted to the district 

 forester. The order will identify, by name and description, the site 

 to be canceled and will give the reasons for the cancellation. If the 

 cancellation is approved by the district forester, he will sign the 

 order, and after the cancellation has been recorded in the Forest 

 tract book the original order will be returned to the supervisor. 

 After the final action has been recorded in the tract book in the super 

 visor's office a copy of order will be forwarded to the district ranger. 

 Administrative sites which have been withdrawn by the Secretary of 

 the Interior or by an Executive order may be revoked either in whole 

 or in part by the Secretary of the Interior or by an Executive order, 

 respectively. The supervisor will submit to the ' district forester a 

 letter recommending the revocation which will identify the site by 

 name, description, and location and which will give the reasons for 



