The following definitions apply to ARM 32.24.523, 32.24.524, and 32.24.525 unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Producer committee" is that committee defined in ARM 32.24.506.

(2) "Pool plant" has the same meaning as in ARM 32.24.511.

(3) "Pool handler" has the same meaning as in ARM 32.24.511.

(4) "Pool milk" has the same meaning as in ARM 32.24.511.

(5) "Pool settlement reserve" has the same meaning as in ARM 32.24.511.

(6) "Quota price" has the same meaning as in ARM 32.24.511.

(7) "Pool dairyman" has the same meaning as in ARM 32.24.511.

(8) "Surplus" means all raw milk under contract to a pool handler that is over and above the pool handler's class I and II market needs, as defined in 81-23-101(1)(g), MCA, but excludes cream and fat products which are derived from processing.