CLAIMS, SETTLEMENT, SPECIAL USES, WATER POWER. 71 



RIGHTS OF WAY UNDER SPECIAL-USE PERMIT. 



lights of way can also be obtained from the Department of Agriculture under 

 special-use permit. These can not be transferred and are terminable in the 

 discretion of the Secretary. They usually cost much less, however, for surveys 

 aud maps. 



APPLICANT MAY CHOOSE FORM OF PERMIT. 



Application may be made for either an easement or a special-use permit, or 

 for both, as the applicant may choose. The granting of an Interior Department 

 right of way supersedes the permit issued by the Department of Agriculture. 

 Either form of permit requires the applicant to enter into such stipulations and 

 execute such bonds as the Forest Service may require for the protection of the 

 National Forests. 



WATER POWER. 



The National Forests are situated chiefly within the mountainous sections of 

 the West and have within their boundaries numerous streams of continuous 

 large discharge on which are found sites for storage reservoirs. They therefore 

 contain water powers of great value, the aggregate capacity of which is esti- 

 mated at 12.000,000 horsepower. 



POWER MAY BE DEVELOPED UNDER PERMIT. 



Lands useful in connection with water-power development are open to occu- 

 pancy for such purposes, and it is the policy of the department to encourage 

 power development in so far as this can be done under conditions which safe- 

 guard the interests of the public. The right to occupy these lands with reser- 

 voirs, conduits, power-house sites, or other works may be obtained under the act 

 of Congress approved February 15. 1901 (31 Stat., 790). 



POLICY IN REGARD TO REVOCATION. 



While this act expressly provides that any permit granted under it is subject 

 to revocation at any time by the Secretary, nevertheless it is not the policy of 

 the department to revoke permits within a period of 50 years if the permittee 

 observes the conditions under which the permit is granted. 



PURPOSE OF REGULATIONS. 



Permits are granted under general regulations which the law authorizes the 

 Secretary to make. Under-tnese regulations the department seeks to prevent 

 the appropriation of/water-power sites for speculative purposes; to secure 

 prompt and full de^lopnient ; to prevent monopoly ; and to secure a reasonable 

 compensation to >me Government for the use of the land occupied and the 

 beneficial protection given to the watershed. 



The regulat 



HOW TO OBTAIN SPECIFIC INFORMATION. 



)iis and detailed instructions respecting the procedure that must 



be followed in order to obtain a permit may be obtained on application, either to 

 the Forester oi\ to any of the district foresters. ( See list of district headquar- 

 ters on p. 16.) 





