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,- f 9 i of the Forest Supervisor or District Ranger havino jurisdiction over the land involved. Excavations shall be con~idered "sub- stantial" which singularly or collectively exceed 200 cubic feet within any area which can be bounded bv a rectangle con- taininq 20 surface acres. Such use or excavation may be authorized by a permit issued by the Forest Service. Such permits may provide for the protection of lIational Forest resources, including wilderness values, protection of the public, and restoration of disturbed areas, including the posting of performance bonds. d. Prospecting for water resources and the estahlishment of new reservoirs, water-conservation works, power projects, trans- mission lines, and other facilities needed in the public interest and the suhsequent maintenance of such facilities, all pursuant to Section 4(d)(4)(I) of the Wilderness Act, will be permitted when and as authorized b'l the President. Section 293.16 - Special Provisions Governing the Boundary Waters Canoe .~rea, Superior National Forest. -- (1lot reproduced) Section 293.17 - National Forest Primitive Areas ~/ithin those areas of National Forests classified as "Primitive" on the effective date of the Wilderness Act, September 3, 1964, there shall be no roads or other provision for motorized transportation, no commercial timber cutting, and no occupancy under special-use permit for hotels, stores, resorts, summer homes, organizatiGn camos, hunting and fishina lodoes. or similar uses: Provided, That existina roads over National Forest lands reserved from the public domain and roads necessary for the exercise of a statutory right of ingress and egress may he allowed under appropriate conditions determined by the Chief, Forest Service. r,razinq of domestic livestock, development of water storage projects which do not involve road construction, and improvements necessary for the pro- tection of the National Forests may be permitted, subject to such restric- tions as the Chief, Forest Service, deems desirahle, Within Primitive Areas, when the use is for other than administrative needs of the Forest Service, use by other Federal anencies when authorized by the Chief, and in emergencies, the landing of aircraft and the use of motorboats are prohibited on r~ational Forest land or water unless such use by aircraft or motorboats has already become well established, the use of motor vehicles is prohibited, and the use of other motorized e~uipment is prohibited ex- cept as authorized by the Chief. These restrictions are not intended as limitations on statutory rinhts of ingress and enress or of prospecting, locating, and developing mineral resources. 0937