(a) The Georgetown Divide Public Utility District has the right to pursue, without any right of assignment to other parties, the districtâs preliminary permit number 4287 which was issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the right to pursue a license from that commission for development of the South Fork of the American River between Chili Bar Reservoir and Salmon Falls Bridge. (b) For the purposes of this section, the âdate when the federal application process is completedâ shall be defined relative to the districtâs preliminary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission permit number 4287, any subsequent application for license, and any subsequent license for development of the South Fork of the American River between Chili Bar Reservoir and Salmon Falls Bridge, as that date when the first of the following occur: (1) The date when the Georgetown Divide Public Utility Districtâs preliminary permit number 4287 expires if it expires before the district makes an application for license to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (2) The date when a final determination is made, either by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or by the court, upon rejection of the application for a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission license. (3) The date when a final determination is made, either by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or by the court, upon issuance or denial of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission license. (4) Three years after the expiration date of preliminary permit number 4287. (5) The date when the Georgetown Divide Public Utility District permanently and irrevocably withdraws its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission preliminary permit number 4287. (c) Until the date when the federal application process is completed, no water rights application shall be accepted for filing, and no permit to appropriate water shall be issued, except from or to the Georgetown Divide Public Utility District, by the board for the purposes of any project which would directly divert water or divert water by storage for any beneficial use from the South Fork of the American River between Chili Bar Reservoir and Salmon Falls Bridge, except that this limitation on the filing or issuance of water rights does not apply to water rights applications or to the issuance of permits to appropriate water solely for consumptive use by residents of El Dorado County. Nothing in this subdivision shall affect the exercise of riparian rights. (d) For 10 years after the date when the federal application process is completed, no water rights application shall be accepted for filing, and no permit to appropriate water shall be issued, by the board for the purposes of any project which would directly divert water or divert water by storage for any beneficial use from the South Fork of the American River between Chili Bar Reservoir and Salmon Falls Bridge, except that this limitation on the filing or issuance of water rights does not apply to water rights applications or to the issuance of permits to appropriate water solely for consumptive use by residents of El Dorado County. Nothing in this subdivision shall affect the exercise of riparian rights. (e) Until 20 years after the date when the federal application process is completed, the statutory requirements of Part 2 (commencing with Section 1200) of Division 2 relating to diligence do not apply to applications from the Georgetown Divide Public Utility District for water rights from the South Fork of the American River between Chili Bar Reservoir and Salmon Falls Bridge, and those applications shall remain valid and shall retain and have the status and priority accorded to water rights applications by law other than this section until that date. After that date, all such requirements relating to diligence, as are now or hereafter provided, shall apply to the applications. No time requirement for acting on water rights applications, imposed on the board by any provision of law, shall app
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