All pending proceedings related to the installation of new hydroelectric projects and to the granting of permits for the extraction of mining materials in the channel of the Naranjo River shall be suspended. All rights acquired prior to the publication of this law shall be respected.
The National Commission of Emergencies and the municipalities in whose territory the Naranjo River basin is located are authorized to extract mining materials from its channel in the event of an emergency declaration; likewise, in all tributary channels to this main body of water that are located within the watershed.
Exempted from the suspension established in the second paragraph of this article is the municipality of Dota with respect to the granting of permits for the extraction of mining materials in the upper basin of the Naranjo River.
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