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16. A"cesspool" is a "drywell,"which in turn is a "well,"as those terms are defined in 40 C.F.R. § 144.3. "Large-capacity cesspools" ("LCCs") include "multiple dwelling, community or regional cesspools, or other devices that receive sanitary wastes, containing human excreta, which have an open bottom and sometimes perforated sides."40 C.F.R. § 144.81(2). LCCs do not include single family residential cesspools or non-residential cesspools that receive solely sanitary waste and have the capacity to serve fewer than 20 persons per day.Id. 17. UIC program regulations classify LCCs as Class V UIC injection wells.40 C.F.R. § 144.80(e). 18. Class V UIC injection wells are considered a "facility or activity"subject to regulation under the UIC program. 40 C.F.R. § 144.3. 19. "Owner or operator" means the owner or operator of any"facility or activity" subject to regulation under the UIC program. 40 C.F.R. §144.3. 20. The "owner or operator" of a Class V UIC well "must comply with Federal UIC requirements in 40 C.F.R. parts 144 through 147," and must also"comply with any other measures required by States or an EPA Regional Office UIC Program to protect [underground sources of drinking water)."40 C.F.R. § 144.82. 21. Owners or operators of existing LCCs were required to have closed those LCCs no later than April 5, 2005.40 C.F.R. §§ 144.84(b)(2)and 144.88(a)(1). 22. Pursuant to Section 1422(c) of the SDWA, 42 U.S.C.§300h-1(c), and 40 C.F.R. § 147.601, EPA administers the UIC program in the State of Hawai'i.This UIC program consists of the program requirements of 40 C.F.R. Parts 124, 144, 146, 147(Subpart M), and 148. 4