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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-009	Press release cancelling trial sessions (Mar. 11, 2020)Press Release: cancellation of trial sessions of March 16, 17, 23 and 30, 2020	United States Tax Court (Chief Judge Maurice B. Foley), Public Affairs Office	United States Tax Court (nationwide; trial sessions in 74 cities)Court	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capTravel and quarantineCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-025	COVID-19 Announcements page: the Supreme Court Building closed to the public until further notice (announced Mar. 12, 2020)COVID-19 Announcements	Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office)	Supreme Court of the United StatesCourt	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-097	Closure notice of Mar. 12, 2020 carried in press release PRN 20-020 (revised Mar. 12, 2020): Library closed to the public until Apr. 1, 2020; all public programs postponed or cancelled2020 Earth and Space Science Talks (revised March 12, 2020, carrying the Library's closure notice)	Library of Congress (Librarian Carla Hayden)	Library of Congress (all buildings, Washington, D.C.)Federal	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-003	Memorandum, 'COVID-19 Implications for EPA's Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program' (temporary policy)COVID-19 Implications for EPA's Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program	Susan Parker Bodine, Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance	United States Environmental Protection Agency (nationwide)Federal	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Workplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-010	Press release closing the Tax Court building to visitors and cancelling April 2020 trial sessions (Mar. 13, 2020)Press Release: building closed to visitors; April 6-30, 2020 trial sessions cancelled	United States Tax Court	United States Tax CourtCourt	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-082	Statement on NASA Goddard's Coronavirus Prep Actions (visitor centers closed; non-mission-essential visits cancelled)Statement on NASA Goddard's Coronavirus Prep Actions	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD; Wallops Flight Facility, VA; and four other campuses)Federal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTelework mandateGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-090	Press release nr20-47, 'National Archives Research Rooms and Presidential Libraries Nationwide to Close March 14'National Archives Research Rooms and Presidential Libraries Nationwide to Close March 14	National Archives and Records Administration (Archivist David S. Ferriero)	National Archives and Records Administration (all facilities nationwide, including the National Archives Museum and the Presidential Libraries)Federal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-022	Press release postponing the March 2020 argument session (Mar. 16, 2020)Press Release: March session (March 23-25 and March 30-April 1) postponed; Building closed to the public	Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Officer Kathleen Arberg)	Supreme Court of the United StatesCourt	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-032	Official Gazette notice, 'Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners Affected by the Coronavirus Outbreak'Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners Affected by the Coronavirus Outbreak	Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Andrei Iancu	United States Patent and Trademark Office (nationwide)Federal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-051	News release, 'Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis Island to Close Temporarily Starting March 16'Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis Island to Close Temporarily Starting March 16	Superintendent, Statue of Liberty National Monument	Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island (NY/NJ)Federal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-070	Administrative Order restricting public access to the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building (Mar. 16, 2020)Restricting Public Access to the National Courts Building	Chief Judge Sharon Prost, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Howard T. Markey National Courts Building, Washington, D.C.; shared with the Court of Federal Claims)Court	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-084	Notice, 'LM Visitors Centers Closed to the Public' (Mar. 16, 2020)LM Visitors Centers Closed to the Public	DOE Office of Legacy Management	U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Legacy Management (visitor centers at Fernald, OH; Weldon Spring, MO; Rocky Flats, CO; Grand Junction, CO; and other sites)Federal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Business closure	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-055	News release, 'Hoover Dam temporarily closed to all visitors'Hoover Dam temporarily closed to all visitors	Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Basin Region	Hoover Dam (NV/AZ), Bureau of Reclamation Lower Colorado Basin RegionFederal	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-081	NASA Administrator March 17 Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus (Stage 3 of the NASA Response Framework agency-wide)NASA Administrator March 17 Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus	NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (all centers and facilities)Federal	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-083	INL work-from-home directive and minimum-safe operating status (Mar. 17, 2020)INL encourages employees to work from home amid coronavirus outbreak	Idaho National Laboratory (Battelle Energy Alliance) under DOE direction	Idaho National Laboratory (DOE; Battelle Energy Alliance), Idaho Falls, IDFederal	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandate	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-011	Press release closing the Tax Court building (Mar. 18, 2020, 9:00 PM)Press Release: 'the United States Tax Court building is closed'	United States Tax Court	United States Tax CourtCourt	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-035	NPS news release, 'National Park Service to Temporarily Suspend Park Entrance Fees' (superintendents empowered to modify operations and close facilities)National Park Service to Temporarily Suspend Park Entrance Fees	Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt; National Park Service	Department of the Interior / National Park Service (all 419 park units)Federal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-036	News release, 'Yellowstone to modify operations to implement latest COVID-19 health guidance'Yellowstone to modify operations to implement latest COVID-19 health guidance	Superintendent Cam Sholly, Yellowstone National Park	Yellowstone National Park (WY/MT/ID)Federal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closure	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-096	2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19 (official timeline of the Mar. 18, 2020 field-operations suspension and revised schedule)2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19	U.S. Census Bureau (Director Steven Dillingham)	U.S. Census Bureau (2020 Census field operations nationwide)Federal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-019	Order of March 19, 2020 (Order List: 589 U.S.)Order regarding filing deadlines in light of COVID-19 (certiorari deadline extended to 150 days)	Supreme Court of the United States	Supreme Court of the United States (all cases prior to a ruling on certiorari)Court	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-049	News release, 'Park Modifies Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance' (campgrounds, pavilions, church and special-use permits)Park Modifies Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance	Superintendent Cassius Cash	Great Smoky Mountains National Park (TN/NC)Federal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-040	News release, 'Yosemite National Park is Modifying Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance' (closure to all visitors)Yosemite National Park is Modifying Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance	Acting Superintendent, Yosemite National Park	Yosemite National Park (Mariposa, Tuolumne and Madera Counties, CA)Federal	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-071	Administrative Order, 'Continued Modifications to Court Operations' (Mar. 20, 2020)Continued Modifications to Court Operations	Chief Judge Sharon Prost	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitCourt	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-080	March 19 Administrator Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus (Stage 4 closure of Michoud and Stennis)March 19 Administrator Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus	NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine	NASA Michoud Assembly Facility (New Orleans, LA) and Stennis Space Center (Hancock County, MS)Federal	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-050	Secretary's memorandum, 'Ensuring the Continued Performance of the Mission of the Department of the Interior during the Global Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic'Ensuring the Continued Performance of the Mission of the Department of the Interior during the Global Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic	Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt	Department of the Interior (all bureaus: NPS, BLM, Reclamation, FWS, USGS, BIA)Federal	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Telework mandateWorkplace rules	Primary source read

United States Tax Court (Chief Judge Maurice B. Foley), Public Affairs Office, Press release cancelling trial sessions (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-009)
Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), COVID-19 Announcements page: the Supreme Court Building closed to the public until further notice (announced Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-025)
Library of Congress (Librarian Carla Hayden), Closure notice of Mar. 12, 2020 carried in press release PRN 20-020 (revised Mar. 12, 2020): Library closed to the public until Apr. 1, 2020; all public programs postponed or cancelled (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-097)
Susan Parker Bodine, Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Memorandum, 'COVID-19 Implications for EPA's Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program' (temporary policy) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-003)
United States Tax Court, Press release closing the Tax Court building to visitors and cancelling April 2020 trial sessions (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-010)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Statement on NASA Goddard's Coronavirus Prep Actions (visitor centers closed; non-mission-essential visits cancelled) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-082)
National Archives and Records Administration (Archivist David S. Ferriero), Press release nr20-47, 'National Archives Research Rooms and Presidential Libraries Nationwide to Close March 14' (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-090)
Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Officer Kathleen Arberg), Press release postponing the March 2020 argument session (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-022)
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Andrei Iancu, Official Gazette notice, 'Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners Affected by the Coronavirus Outbreak' (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-032)
Superintendent, Statue of Liberty National Monument, News release, 'Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis Island to Close Temporarily Starting March 16' (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-051)
Chief Judge Sharon Prost, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Administrative Order restricting public access to the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-070)
DOE Office of Legacy Management, Notice, 'LM Visitors Centers Closed to the Public' (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-084)
Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Basin Region, News release, 'Hoover Dam temporarily closed to all visitors' (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-055)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator March 17 Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus (Stage 3 of the NASA Response Framework agency-wide) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-081)
Idaho National Laboratory (Battelle Energy Alliance) under DOE direction, INL work-from-home directive and minimum-safe operating status (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-083)
United States Tax Court, Press release closing the Tax Court building (Mar. 18, 2020, 9:00 PM) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-011)
Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt; National Park Service, NPS news release, 'National Park Service to Temporarily Suspend Park Entrance Fees' (superintendents empowered to modify operations and close facilities) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-035)
Superintendent Cam Sholly, Yellowstone National Park, News release, 'Yellowstone to modify operations to implement latest COVID-19 health guidance' (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-036)
U.S. Census Bureau (Director Steven Dillingham), 2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19 (official timeline of the Mar. 18, 2020 field-operations suspension and revised schedule) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-096)
Supreme Court of the United States, Order of March 19, 2020 (Order List: 589 U.S.) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-019)
Superintendent Cassius Cash, News release, 'Park Modifies Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance' (campgrounds, pavilions, church and special-use permits) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-049)
Acting Superintendent, Yosemite National Park, News release, 'Yosemite National Park is Modifying Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance' (closure to all visitors) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-040)
Chief Judge Sharon Prost, Administrative Order, 'Continued Modifications to Court Operations' (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-071)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, March 19 Administrator Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus (Stage 4 closure of Michoud and Stennis) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-080)
Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt, Secretary's memorandum, 'Ensuring the Continued Performance of the Mission of the Department of the Interior during the Global Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic' (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-050)

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