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When the original permit has been signed by the Secretary, the 

 Forester will return it, together with the correspondence file, to the 

 district forester. 



Before transmitting the original permit to the permittee the dis- 

 trict forester will inform the chief engineer by letter of the dates of 

 signing and the signature on the permit. He will also send the 

 supervisor a copy of the permit, a copy of the complete application 

 (except the papers required under Reg. L-9), a copy of the report of 

 the district engineer, and a copy of the letter of transmittal (Form 

 861), with an indorsement thereon of the receipt of the first payment. 



When the application includes, in addition to National Forest 

 lands, lands under the jurisdiction of the Interior Department, the 

 district forester shall, upon the completion of the application, imme- 

 diately inform the local land office of such completion and of the 

 date of priority and shall send a carbon copy of such letter to the 

 applicant. The date so notified will be taken 'as the date of priority 

 before both the Department of Agriculture and the Department of 

 the Interior. 



In preparing reports upon applications including both National 

 Forest lands and Interior Department lands the district engineer 

 will calculate the total capacity of the power site and the rental 

 capacity of the National Forest lands, leaving to the Geological 

 Survey the computation of charges for the Interior Department 

 lands. The district forester will then submit the case to the chief 

 engineer, including, in addition to the papers usually required for 

 both the chief engineer and the Forester, one copy each of the permit 

 and of the district engineer's report. 



The chief engineer will examine the papers received from the dis- 

 trict forester, and, if he approves the application, report, and recom- 

 mendations, will initial the original of the permit, and after retain- 

 ing the papers required for his own file will submit the remainder 

 directly to the Forester. 



Upon the receipt of the papers the Forester will forward to the 

 Geological Survey the extra copy of the permit and of the district 

 engineer's report, together with a statement of the recommendations 

 which the Forest Service proposes to make. If the Geological Sur- 

 vey approves the calculations of the district engineer and the terms 

 of the permit, as applied to the Interior Department lands involved, 

 the Forester will so inform the district forester, who will thereupon 

 prepare and submit the letter of transmittal (Form 861) to the appli- 

 cant for the advance charge for the use of National Forest lands only. 

 Thereafter the case will be handled by the Forest Service as if only 

 National Forest lands were involved. 



If the Geological Survey should not approve the calculations and 

 recommendations if applied to the Interior Department lands, and 

 it should seem advisable to make alterations or corrections in either 

 the permit or the report as applied to the National Forest lands, the 

 Forester will return the papers through the office of the chief engi- 

 neer to the district forester, with a statement of the corrections or 

 alterations desired. When such changes have been made the district 

 forester will prepare the letter of transmittal and handle the case as 

 before. 



