{"operation":"document","citation":"49 CFR 192.15","title":"Rules of regulatory construction.","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2026-08-18","summary":"(a) As used in this part:\n\nIncludes means including but not limited to.\n\nMay means “is permitted to” or “is authorized to”.\n\nMay not means “is not permitted to” or “is not authorized to”.\n\nShall is used in the mandatory and imperative sense.\n\n(b) In this part:\n\n(1) Words importing the singular inclu","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-192-15.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-192-15.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-192-15","source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-08-18/title-49/section-192.15","body":"(a) As used in this part:\n\nIncludes means including but not limited to.\n\nMay means “is permitted to” or “is authorized to”.\n\nMay not means “is not permitted to” or “is not authorized to”.\n\nShall is used in the mandatory and imperative sense.\n\n(b) In this part:\n\n(1) Words importing the singular include the plural;\n\n(2) Words importing the plural include the singular; and\n\n(3) Words importing the masculine gender include the feminine.","truncated":false,"body_characters":436}