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cations, with their accompanying maps and papers, the district 

 engineer will examine them in the order of their receipt, as certified 

 by the district forester^ with a view of determining whether the 

 application is complete as required by the regulations. If complete, 

 the district engineer will certify the fact in the space provided on the 

 form. If incomplete or insufficient, the district engineer will prepare 

 for the signature of the district forester a letter to .the applicant 

 returning the application and its accompanying papers, with a de- 

 tailed statement of the incompleteness or insufficiency. A carbon 

 copy of this letter certified by the signature of the district engineer 

 will be attached to and filed with the papers in the case. Upon the 

 return of the amended papers the date and hour of their receipt will 

 be certified by the district forester in the same manner as when they 

 were originally received. Upon the receipt of the amended papers 

 the district engineer will examine them, and if found complete as 

 required by the regulation he will certify the fact in the space 

 provided on the form. 



After certifying that the application is complete, as prescribed by 

 the regulation, the district engineer will examine the maps and esti- 

 mates, using such additional data as he may be able to secure, will 

 determine the approximate rental capacity of the power site, and will 

 submit a report and recommendations to the district forester. A 

 field examination by the district engineer will be made only when it 

 is necessary in order to secure sufficient information on which to 

 base the report and recommendations. 



Upon receiving the district engineer's report, the district forester 

 will prepare five copies of permit on Form 59. If the application is 

 approved by the district forester and the district engineer, they will 

 initial the permit. The district forester will send the chief engineer a 

 copy of the complete application, the original map on tracing linen, 

 one print copy, one copy of the district engineer's report, the original, 

 and one copy of the permit, and the correspondence file. The dis- 

 trict forester will also send the supervisor a print copy of the map. 



The chief engineer will examine all the papers received from the 

 district forester and, if he approves the application, the recommenda- 

 tions of the district forester and the district engineer's report, he 

 will initial the original permit and return it with the original map 

 on tracing linen and the correspondence file to the district forester. 

 If he does not approve either the application, or the report, or the 

 recommendations, he will return the original permit without initial 

 and with a letter to the district forester explaining in detail his 

 reasons for not approving. 



Upon the return of the permit from the chief engineer, if approved, 

 the district forester will, except as hereinafter provided, prepare a 

 letter of transmittal (Form 861) in triplicate, stating the amount 

 of the charge, and will accompany it by a letter informing the appli- 

 cant that priority will be lost unless payment is received within 60 

 days of the date of the letter. The original will be sent to the appli- 

 cant, and upon receipt of notice from the district fiscal agent that 

 deposit has been made the district forester will forward to the Forester 

 on print copy of the map, one copy of the report of the district engi- 

 neer, the original, and one copy of the permit, and the correspond- 

 ence file. 



