(1) This section applies if--
(a) all or part of the area of a geothermal permit is a potential geothermal commercial area; and
(b) the declaration of the potential geothermal commercial area ends more than 5 years after the geothermal permit originally took effect.
(2) If the declaration applied to a part of the geothermal permit's area, the part ceases to be included in the area.
(3) If the declaration applies to all of the geothermal permit's area, the permit ends.