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cation should the priority of application be lost by the other ap- 

 plicant. (See Reg. L-3.) 



When the district engineer has certified that the application is 

 complete as required by the regulation the district forester, after 

 making such additional prints of maps and plans as may be neces- 

 sary, will forward to the forest supervisor two prints of the maps of 

 location, a copy of the notes of survey, and such" other papers as may 

 be necessary. If the application was not accompanied by a certificate 

 from the supervising engineer of the Keclamation Service that the 

 occupancy and use of the lands applied for will not interfere with 

 any project of the Reclamation Service, the district forester will for- 

 ward a print of the general map of location (see Reg. L/-11, (G) , (5) ) 

 to the supervising engineer concerned and request him to state 

 whether the occupancy of the land for power purposes will interfere 

 with any project of the Reclamation Service. 



Upon the receipt of the maps and other papers the supervisor will 

 forward a print of the maps of location to the ranger, will cause an 

 immediate examination to be made for the purpose of estimating the 

 amount of timber to be cut or destroyed, and will report to the dis- 

 trict forester on Form 5T8b. Reports on Form 964 will be required 

 in power cases only where no examination and report by a district 

 engineer will be made. 



Upon the receipt of a complete application the district engineer 

 will make such field examination of the project as may be necessary 

 and will collect all information and data bearing upon the case that 

 may be available. If practicable, this examination will be made at 

 the same time as the supervisor's. Only in exceptional instances 

 when the district engineer is thoroughly familiar with the project 

 will the field examination be omitted. In this examination the dis- 

 trict engineer will determine whether in his judgment the project 

 as applied for will make a reasonably full development of the power 

 available at the sites covered by the application. 



After the completion of the examination and the collection of the 

 data the district engineer will submit a report to the district forester. 

 The report will describe the project in detail, with its relation to 

 other projects of the same or allied or competing companies; state 

 whether the project comprehends a full development of the available 

 power; describe the market for the power and the general market 

 conditions in the district, so far as such information is available, and 

 the relation of the power development to other interests, particularly 

 irrigation. The report should present detailed estimates of the 

 amount of power that will probably be developed and the complete 

 data upon which such estimates are based. The report should desig- 

 nate the several items necessary for filling the blanks of the stipula- 

 tion and permit, a recommendation of the total power capacity to be 

 inserted in the stipulation, and such other recommendations as may 

 seem desirable. The report should be complete with respect to the 

 history of the case and its connection with other cases, and to all 

 pertinent, general, and special information, so that a full understand- 

 ing of the case may be had and action taken without the necessity 

 of referring to other papers except for purposes of verification. The 

 report should also contain such sketch maps, topographic quadrangles, 

 photographs, etc.. as will be of assistance in giving a full understand- 

 ing of the case. All the data filed with the application and all other 



