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.. '. , h," "I' \)~~r""o a ~ ~ ~. Project No. 2647 - 3 - corresponding to the primary activity periods of big game animals in the project area and shall include obser- vations of fish resources during the same period. The report of this study shall be attached as an appendix to the exhibit S of any subsequent license application for the project. and reported that as a result of discussions between Applicant and Interior, Interior would not insist on the inclusion of the $50,000 figure. By letter dated March 7, 1972, Interior confirmed that it has no objection to removal of that part of the suggested condition which would have required the Applicant to provide funds up to a total of $50,000 to the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife of the Department of the Interior for the conduct of studies. The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, (Forest Service) stated it had no objection to granting the permit provided that conditions relating to: (1) cooperation and con- sultation with the Regional Forester; (2) construction of ac- cess roads; (3) the use of Crater Lake as a pumped storage fore- bay; (4) conducting field surveys, exploratory and ~nvestigation work, and all other operations so that there will be no surface disturbance nor mechanized transportation in the Flat Tops Primi- tive Area; and (5) a limitation of the Rio Blanco Reservoir to elevation 9,280 feet were inc'luded in the permit. By letter dated March 31, 1969, Applicant stated its preference that the specific restriction on the elevation of the Rio Blanco Reservoir be de- ferred. Applicant did not object to the other conditions set forth by the Forest Service. No construction is authorized by the issuance of a pre- liminary permit. Such a permit gives the permittee, during the permit, the right to priority of application for license over other non-Federal entities, while the Permittee under- takes the necessary studies and examinations required by the Act and the Regulations under the Act in order to determine the economic feasibility of the proposed project, the means to securing the necessary financial arrangements for construction, the market for the power, 'and all other information necessary for inclusion in an application for license, should one be applied for under the permit. In the event an application for a license is filed, public notice of that filing will be given and an opportunity will be provided for interested parties to be heard on the application for license. Expenditures made by a Permittee for studies and examina- tions under a preliminary permit are entirely at the Permittee's risk that the project may prove to be economically infeasible,