---identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s22.2"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "40 CFR § 22.2 - Use of number and gender."title_number: 40title_name: "Protection of Environment"section_number: "22.2"section_name: "Use of number and gender."chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"subchapter_number: "A"subchapter_name: "GENERAL"part_number: "22"part_name: "CONSOLIDATED RULES OF PRACTICE GOVERNING THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES AND THE REVOCATION/TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF PERMITS"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "7 U.S.C. 1361; 15 U.S.C. 2615; 33 U.S.C. 1319, 1342, 1361, 1415 and 1418; 42 U.S.C. 300g-3(g), 6912, 6925, 6928, 6991e and 6992d; 42 U.S.C. 7413(d), 7524(c), 7545(d), 7547, 7601 and 7607(a), 9609, and 11045."regulatory_source: "64 FR 40176, July 23, 1999, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "22"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t40/s22.2
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Environmental Protection Agency
Authority
7 U.S.C. 1361; 15 U.S.C. 2615; 33 U.S.C. 1319, 1342, 1361, 1415 and 1418; 42 U.S.C. 300g-3(g), 6912, 6925, 6928, 6991e and 6992d; 42 U.S.C. 7413(d), 7524(c), 7545(d), 7547, 7601 and 7607(a), 9609, and... 7 U.S.C. 1361; 15 U.S.C. 2615; 33 U.S.C. 1319, 1342, 1361, 1415 and 1418; 42 U.S.C. 300g-3(g), 6912, 6925, 6928, 6991e and 6992d; 42 U.S.C. 7413(d), 7524(c), 7545(d), 7547, 7601 and 7607(a), 9609, and 11045.
# 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.