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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-015	Memorandum, Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19 Outbreak (Mar. 14, 2020)Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19…	OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust, Acting Director), to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees	United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-077	Temporary Closure of Three Regional Offices Due to Possible COVID-19 Exposures (Mar. 15, 2020): Region 2 (Manhattan), Region 7 (Detroit), Region 13 (Chicago)Temporary Closure of Three Regional Offices Due to Possible COVID-19 Exposures	National Labor Relations Board, Office of Public Affairs	National Labor Relations Board (independent federal agency)Federal	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-053	USCIS alert, USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18-April 1 (posted Mar. 17, 2020; effective Mar. 18, 2020)USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18-April 1	USCIS	United States Department of Homeland Security, USCIS (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-078	Temporary Closure of Two Regional Offices Due to Possible COVID-19 Exposures (Mar. 19, 2020): Region 8 (Cleveland), Region 15 (New Orleans)Temporary Closure of Two Regional Offices Due to Possible COVID-19 Exposures	National Labor Relations Board	National Labor Relations Board (independent federal agency)Federal	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-060	Suspension of Routine Visa Services (Mar. 20, 2020)Suspension of Routine Visa Services	Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs	United States Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Business closureTravel and quarantineCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-090	Updates on NLRB Office Closures (Mar. 20, 2020): Region 20 (San Francisco) and Region 27 (Denver)Updates on NLRB Office Closures	National Labor Relations Board	National Labor Relations Board (independent federal agency)Federal	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-091	Updates on Temporary NLRB Office Closures (Mar. 23, 2020): Region 28 (Phoenix)Updates on Temporary NLRB Office Closures	National Labor Relations Board	National Labor Relations Board (independent federal agency)Federal	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-055	USCIS alert extending the suspension of in-person services until at least May 3, 2020 (posted late March 2020), followed by a further extension to June 4, 2020USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public Until at Least May 3	USCIS	United States Department of Homeland Security, USCIS (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-016	Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance for Respiratory Protection and the N95 Shortage Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (Apr. 3, 2020)Enforcement Guidance for Respiratory Protection and the N95 Shortage Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-020	Memorandum, Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Apr. 13, 2020)Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust) to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-021	Memorandum, Discretion in Enforcement when Considering an Employer's Good Faith Efforts During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (Apr. 16, 2020)Discretion in Enforcement when Considering an Employer's Good Faith Efforts During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-022	Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance on Decontamination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 24, 2020)Enforcement Guidance on Decontamination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)…	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-024	Memorandum, Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (May 19, 2020; effective May 26, 2020)Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	May 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-032	OSHA citations of Hackensack Meridian Health Residential Care Inc., North Bergen, New Jersey (two serious, one other-than-serious; proposed penalty $28,070), announced Sept. 11, 2020U.S. Department of Labor Cites Hackensack Meridian Health Residential Care for Failing to Protect Employees from Coronavirus	OSHA Parsippany Area Office; DOL Office of Public Affairs	United States Department of Labor, OSHA, Region 2 (federal agency; enforcement record)Federal	Sept. 11, 2020	2020 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-025	Memorandum, Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Mar. 12, 2021)Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust, Acting Director) to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 12, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-026	OSHA Direction DIR 2021-01 (CPL 03), National Emphasis Program - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (record page), effective Mar. 12, 2021National Emphasis Program - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)	Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health (James Frederick, Acting)	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 12, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-087	OSHA Direction DIR 2021-01 (CPL 03), National Emphasis Program - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), effective Mar. 12, 2021 (full directive text)National Emphasis Program - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)	Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 12, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-027	OSHA Direction DIR 2021-02 (CPL 02), Inspection Procedures for the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard, June 28, 2021Inspection Procedures for the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard	Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	June 28, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-028	OSHA Direction DIR 2021-03 (CPL 03), Revised National Emphasis Program - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (record page), effective July 7, 2021Revised National Emphasis Program - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)	Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	July 7, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-088	OSHA Direction DIR 2021-03 (CPL 03), Revised National Emphasis Program - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), effective July 7, 2021 (full directive text)Revised National Emphasis Program - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)	Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	July 7, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-033	OSHA, Inspections with COVID-19 Related Violations (establishment, inspection number, citation issuance date, initial penalty, standards cited), live page as of Sept. 26, 2026Inspections with COVID-19 related Violations	OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement Programs	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency; enforcement record)Federal	Dec. 31, 2021		Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read

OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust, Acting Director), to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19 Outbreak (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-015)
National Labor Relations Board, Office of Public Affairs, Temporary Closure of Three Regional Offices Due to Possible COVID-19 Exposures (Mar. 15, 2020): Region 2 (Manhattan), Region 7 (Detroit), Region 13 (Chicago) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-077)
USCIS, USCIS alert, USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18-April 1 (posted Mar. 17, 2020; effective Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-053)
National Labor Relations Board, Temporary Closure of Two Regional Offices Due to Possible COVID-19 Exposures (Mar. 19, 2020): Region 8 (Cleveland), Region 15 (New Orleans) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-078)
Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Suspension of Routine Visa Services (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-060)
National Labor Relations Board, Updates on NLRB Office Closures (Mar. 20, 2020): Region 20 (San Francisco) and Region 27 (Denver) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-090)
National Labor Relations Board, Updates on Temporary NLRB Office Closures (Mar. 23, 2020): Region 28 (Phoenix) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-091)
USCIS, USCIS alert extending the suspension of in-person services until at least May 3, 2020 (posted late March 2020), followed by a further extension to June 4, 2020 (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-055)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance for Respiratory Protection and the N95 Shortage Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-016)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust) to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-020)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Discretion in Enforcement when Considering an Employer's Good Faith Efforts During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (Apr. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-021)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs, Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance on Decontamination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-022)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (May 19, 2020; effective May 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-024)
OSHA Parsippany Area Office; DOL Office of Public Affairs, OSHA citations of Hackensack Meridian Health Residential Care Inc., North Bergen, New Jersey (two serious, one other-than-serious; proposed penalty $28,070), announced Sept. 11, 2020 (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-032)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust, Acting Director) to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Mar. 12, 2021) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-025)
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health (James Frederick, Acting), OSHA Direction DIR 2021-01 (CPL 03), National Emphasis Program - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (record page), effective Mar. 12, 2021 (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-026)
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, OSHA Direction DIR 2021-01 (CPL 03), National Emphasis Program - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), effective Mar. 12, 2021 (full directive text) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-087)
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, OSHA Direction DIR 2021-02 (CPL 02), Inspection Procedures for the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard, June 28, 2021 (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-027)
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, OSHA Direction DIR 2021-03 (CPL 03), Revised National Emphasis Program - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (record page), effective July 7, 2021 (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-028)
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, OSHA Direction DIR 2021-03 (CPL 03), Revised National Emphasis Program - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), effective July 7, 2021 (full directive text) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-088)
OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement Programs, OSHA, Inspections with COVID-19 Related Violations (establishment, inspection number, citation issuance date, initial penalty, standards cited), live page as of Sept. 26, 2026 (Dec. 31, 2021) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-033)

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