{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-192.15","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 192.15","heading":"Rules of regulatory construction.","body":"(a) As used in this part:\nIncludes means including but not limited to.\nMay means “is permitted to” or “is authorized to”.\nMay not means “is not permitted to” or “is not authorized to”.\nShall is used in the mandatory and imperative sense.\n(b) In this part:\n(1) Words importing the singular include the plural;\n(2) Words importing the plural include the singular; and\n(3) Words importing the masculine gender include the feminine.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER I—PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER D—PIPELINE SAFETY","PART 192—TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL AND OTHER GAS BY PIPELINE: MINIMUM FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"dfca4a6f608788d9e067fb1b15fc1c3572241c3b350f70a20960a2e4a83f181c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-192.14","next":"us/49-cfr-192.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}