1. (a) Procedures to authorize the temporary use of water, as provided in 11 AAC 93.220, will apply if the use continues for less than five consecutive years and the water applied for is not otherwise appropriated under a permit to appropriate water, certificate of appropriation, certificate of reservation, or change permit.
2. (b) A water right or priority is not established by a temporary water use authorization issued under 11 AAC 93.220. Authorized temporary water use is subject to amendment, modification, or revocation by the department if the department determines that amendment, modification, or revocation is necessary to supply water to lawful appropriators of record or to protect the public interest.
3. (c) Upon the commissioner's receipt of a written request from the permittee, the commissioner may, for good cause, extend one time an authorization for temporary use of water. The temporary use may not exceed five years, including the extension and the initial time period for which that authorization was issued. The request for an extension of the authorization for temporary use of water must be accompanied by the fee prescribed in 11 AAC 05.260.

(Eff. 2/8/67, Register 23; am 12/29/79, Register 72; am 11/7/90, Register 116; am 9/16/92, Register 123; am 8/20/2004, Register 171; am 7/1/2018, Register 227; am 7/7/2024, Register 251)

Authority: AS 46.15.020, AS 46.15.133, AS 46.15.040, AS 46.15.155