9VAC25-220-250: Duty to apply

A. No political subdivision, investor-owned water company or existing beneficial consumptive user withdrawing water in a declared surface water management area and exempted under subsection C of 9VAC25-220-70 from needing a surface water withdrawal permit shall continue to withdraw water in the surface water management area except as authorized by a surface water withdrawal certificate.

B. If an area has been declared a surface water management area, any person exempted under subsection C of 9VAC25-220-70 shall apply for a certificate within 90 days of the declaration.