Nothing in this regulation prohibits an exempt surface water withdrawer from applying for and receiving a surface water withdrawal permit, consistent with applicable provisions of this regulation. Nothing in this regulation prohibits an exempt surface water withdrawer from registering a withdrawal, consistent with applicable provisions of this regulation. 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 registration, as the case may be.
S.C. Code Regs. § 61-119.C.3