{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-49-4-55","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 49-4-55","heading":"Registered and exempt surface water withdrawers can apply for surface water withdrawal permits; criteria.","body":"(A) A registered surface water withdrawer is not prohibited from applying for a surface water withdrawal permit. The permit application must be considered using the criteria established in the section establishing the permit for which the registered surface water withdrawer is applying. A registered surface water withdrawer that obtains a surface water withdrawal permit must abide by all of the terms of this chapter related to permit holders and is entitled to all of the rights conferred by a permit.\n(B) An exempt surface water withdrawer is not prohibited from applying for a surface water withdrawal permit or from registering its use. An exempt surface water withdrawer's application for a permit must be considered using the criteria established in the section establishing the permit for which the registered surface water withdrawer is applying. An exempt surface water withdrawer that obtains a permit or registers its use is entitled to all of the rights conferred upon by a permit or a registered surface water withdrawer, as the case may be.","path":["Title 49 - WATERS, WATER RESOURCES AND DRAINAGE","CHAPTER 4 South Carolina Surface Water Withdrawal, Permitting Use, and Reporting Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t49c004.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:45:39Z","sha256":"d85625a4db413f7df1141a7c017e08ce4f6369ad7a0483dd9dae5fb4d35502b6","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-49-4-50","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-49-4-60"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}