(a) Filing of applications for survey without cost to applicant. The application prepared in accordance with this part, should be submitted to the State Director for the State in which the lands are situated.

(b) Filing of applications for survey with cost prorated. Applications for resurvey based upon the provisions of the Act of September 21, 1918, prepared in accordance with this part should be submitted to the State Director for the State in which the lands are situated. Prior to filing formal application, however, the interested parties should obtain from the proper office, as above designated, an estimate of the cost of the proposed resurvey.