40 CFR § 260.3 - Use of number and gender.

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title: "40 CFR § 260.3 - Use of number and gender."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "260.3"
section_name: "Use of number and gender."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "I"
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part_number: "260"
part_name: "HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: GENERAL"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912(a), 6921-6927, 6930, 6934, 6935, 6937, 6938, 6939, 6939g, and 6974."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 33073, May 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 260.3 Use of number and gender.

As used in parts 260 through 273 of this chapter:

(a) Words in the masculine gender also include the feminine and neuter genders; and

(b) Words in the singular include the plural; and

(c) Words in the plural include the singular.

[45 FR 33073, May 19, 1980, as amended at 51 FR 40636, Nov. 7, 1986; 81 FR 85805, Nov. 28, 2016]