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(2) "ANIMAL UNIT" "Animal Unit" means a unit of measurement used to determine the animal capacity of an animal-feeding operation containing two or more species of animals. The animal unit capacity of an operation is determined by multiplying the number of animals of each species by the appropriate equivalency factor from Table 1, and summing the resulting totals for all animal species contained in the operation. TABLE I Animal Unit Equivalency, Factors Animal Soecies Slaughter and feed cattle Mature dairy cattle Swine, butcher and breeding (over 55 Ibs.) Sheep or lambs Horses Turkeys Chickens broiler or layer EQuivalencv Factor 1.0 1.4 0.2 0.2 1.0 0.02 0.01 * Young stock, less than 50% of adult weight, reduces the above equiva.lency factor by %. (3) "AVERAGE WORKING CAPACITY " "Average working capacity" is the average occupancy of the animal feeding operation on a year-round basis defined as the sum of the end-of-month occupancy rates divided by the number of months during a calendar year the facility conducts animal feeding operations. (4) "CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS" , "Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation", means a concentrated, confined animal or poultry growing operation (facility) for meat, milk or egg production or stabling, in pens or houses wherein the animals or poultry are fed at the place of confinement for 45 days or longer. in any 12 month period and crop or forage growth or production is not sustained in the area of confinement. Two or more animal-feeding operations under common ownership or management are deemed to be a single animal-feeding operation if they are adjacent or utilize a common area or system for manure disposal: "Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations" meet one or more of the following criteria: (a) Average Working Capacity, of 1,000 or more animal units as defined in this regulation, or (b)' Case-by-case designation und.er one of the following criteria: 2