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(24) "EXISTING IMPOUNDMENT" means any impoundment whose plans and specifications have been approved by the Division or for which construction has been commenced or completed, prior to July 1, 1993. (25) "FEDERAL ACT' means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. section 1251 et sea., commonly referred to as the "Clean Water Act", and any of its subsequent amendments. (26) "FEEDLOT" means a concentrated animal feeding operation as established in 40 C.F.R. 412.11. . (27) "FORMS" means permits, applications, letters and reporting forms which shall be those established by the Division, but additional information may be required by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency. (28) "GENERAL PERMITS" means a permit authorizing a category of discharges under the Clean Water Act designated category of activities within a geographical area, issued under section 61.9(2). (29) "GENERAL PERMIT PROGRAM AREA" (hereinafter referred to as GPPA) means any area designated by the State Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control Division, in which owners and operators of a designated category ef activities are subject to the same general permit, other than owners ,and operators to whom individual permits have been or will be issued. (30) "GROUND WATER STANDARD" means any standard promulgated in or pursuant to "The Basic Standards for Ground Water ,Regulation No. 41 (5 CCR 1002-41)". (31) "HOUSED COMMERCIAL SWINE FEEDING OPERATION" means a housed swine feeding operation that is capable of housing eight hundred thousand pounds or more of live animal weight of swine at anyone time or is deemed a commercial operation under local zoning or land use regulations. "Capable of housing" means the combined maximum capacities of the individual housing units that are included in the operation. Unless the owner of the operation provides information about the specific operation to the Division which demonstrates that an alternative capacity calculation is appropriate for that operation, operations will be presumed capable of housing 800,000 pounds or more of live animal weight if they have the capacity to house: . (a) 11,500 weaned swine (70 pounds or less) ; or (b) 3,020 feeder swine (more than 70 pounds, up to finish weight) ; or (c) 2,000 breeding sows and/or boars. Where more than one of the above-listed size categories of swine are present, operations will be deemed capable of housing 800,000 pounds or more of live animal weight if, by dividing the capacity for the number of each type of swine by the respective limit from (a), (b), and/or (c), above, the sum of the resulting numbers is one or greater. 4