40 CFR § 204.3 - Number and gender.

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title: "40 CFR § 204.3 - Number and gender."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "204.3"
section_name: "Number and gender."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
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subchapter_name: "NOISE ABATEMENT PROGRAMS"
part_number: "204"
part_name: "NOISE EMISSION STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT"
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authority: "(42 U.S.C. 4905), 86 Stat. 1237."
regulatory_source: "41 FR 2172, Jan. 14, 1976, unless otherwise noted."
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# 204.3 Number and gender.

As used in this part, words in the singular shall be deemed to import the plural, and words in the masculine gender shall be deemed to import the feminine and vice versa, as the case may require.