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40 CFR § 22.2 - Use of number and gender.

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title: "40 CFR § 22.2 - Use of number and gender."
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title_name: "Protection of Environment"
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section_name: "Use of number and gender."
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part_name: "CONSOLIDATED RULES OF PRACTICE GOVERNING THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES AND THE REVOCATION/TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF PERMITS"
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# 22.2 Use of number and gender.

As used in these Consolidated Rules of Practice, words in the singular also include the plural and words in the masculine gender also include the feminine, and vice versa, as the case may require.