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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-031	NCEES COVID-19 exam administration updates (chronology: April 2020 pencil-and-paper exams cancelled; Pearson VUE capacity limits through 2021; masks required at Pearson VUE centers from Dec. 1, 2021)Latest Information on COVID-19 Response (NCEES)	NCEES	All States; National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (the council of the State engineering and surveying licensing boards, which administers the FE, PE, FS and PS examinations for every board)Sector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-085	County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021)Lewis and Clark County COVID-19 emergency declaration and public health rules	Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer	Lewis and Clark County (Helena), MontanaCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-043	Township office closed to the public (Mar. 16, 2020); public access to the Township Municipal Building by appointment only from Nov. 16, 2020 (memorandum of Nov. 20, 2020); Township rule requiring all employees to wear face masks in all Township facilities (posted 2021, captured Sept. 20, 2021)Haverford Township building-access and employee mask rules, 2020-2021	Township of Haverford (Township Manager David R. Burman; Board of Commissioners)	Township of Haverford (Havertown), Delaware County, PennsylvaniaCity	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NM-077	K-12 public school closure (Mar. 13, 2020, effective Mar. 16 through Apr. 3; extended Mar. 27, 2020 through the end of the 2019-20 school year) and PED 'Reentry Guidance' (June 20, 2020) and 'COVID-19 Response Toolkit for New Mexico's Public Schools' (2021-22)School closure orders and PED reentry instruments	Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham; Public Education Secretary Ryan Stewart	New MexicoState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-070	Coronavirus Update - ARE 5.0 (chronology from March 2020: Prometric test centers closed; ARE appointments cancelled; seat credits; masks required at test centers; online proctoring launched Nov. 16, 2020; continued closures and short-notice cancellations into 2021)Coronavirus Update--ARE 5.0 (updated Feb. 3-4, 2021)	NCARB	All States; National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (council of the 55 architectural licensing boards; administers the Architect Registration Examination)Sector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-044	Guidance: Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (Mar. 25, 2020; revised Apr. 2020, May 2020, Sept. 2021; superseded Sept. 5, 2023)Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency	Food and Drug Administration, CDRH	United States (federal); Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological HealthFederal	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementSupply chainOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-051	Press release: SunLine Transit Agency Enforces Riverside County Order to Cover Your FaceAll passengers must have face covered to ride and await service at bus stops	SunLine Transit Agency	Coachella Valley, Riverside County (SunLine Transit Agency)County	Apr. 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-054	Riverside Transit Agency notice: Face Masks Required on All Buses (rear-door boarding; 10 passengers per bus)Face Masks Required on All Buses	Riverside Transit Agency	Western Riverside County (Riverside Transit Agency joint powers authority)County	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-050	Eighth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated April 21, 2020)Masks required in Judiciary buildings; remote hearings expanded; parent-child contact emergencies	Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)	VermontCourt	Apr. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAT-016	VIA release: customers required to wear face coverings beginning Wednesday, April 22, 2020VIA Customers Required to Wear Face Covering Beginning Wednesday	VIA Metropolitan Transit	VIA Metropolitan TransitSector regulator	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-LA-070	Metro face-covering requirement for all riders on Metro buses and trains, effective Monday, May 11, 2020 (announcement of May 7, 2020)Metro to require use of face coverings by riders on Metro buses and trains beginning Monday, May 11	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), announced by The Source (Metro's official news site) May 7, 2020	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) system (buses and rail across Los Angeles County)Sector regulator	May 7, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-DE-010	Division of Small Business, COVID-19 posters for businesses (required signage pack: face covering, social distancing, hand hygiene)DSB COVID-19 Posters (business signage required by the Phase 1 and Phase 2 Responsibilities of all Businesses)	Delaware Division of Small Business	DelawareState	May 31, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NV-019	Declaration of Emergency Directive 024 (Face Coverings), June 24, 2020, ss. 5, 6, 8, 10Face coverings required in all public spaces; business duty to require face coverings and refuse entry	Governor Steve Sisolak	NevadaState	June 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-090	TEA Public Health Planning Guidance for the 2020-21 school year (July 7, 2020; on-campus instruction with masks required; parental choice of remote; attendance-funding flexibility of July 14-17, 2020 for up to eight weeks of remote instruction), and the Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021 public health guidance (mask provision not enforced during the GA-38 litigation)TEA SY 2020-21 Public Health Planning Guidance and 2021-22 updates	Texas Education Agency (Commissioner Mike Morath)	TexasSector regulator	July 7, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CLE-040	GCRTA alert of July 21, 2020: Masks are required when riding or while waiting for services (site-wide alert on the agency's pages, including the June 22, 2020 'Need a Mask, Take a Mask' post)Alert: 07/21/2020 - 8:49am, Masks are required when riding or while waiting for services	Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority	Cuyahoga County, Ohio (GCRTA service area)Sector regulator	July 21, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CMH-023	COTA 'Moving Forward' release (July 2020): mask-wearing policy aboard vehicles (#MaskUpCBUS)Moving Forward (July 2020): COTA safety measures and mask policy	Central Ohio Transit Authority (regional transit authority under R.C. ch. 306; Joanna M. Pinkerton, President/CEO)	Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) service area (Franklin County and portions of adjoining counties)Sector regulator	July 23, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-047	Public-service campaign release confirming that TriMet has required riders, operators and other employees to wear face coverings on board since mid-May 2020 at OHA direction; passenger limits and 3-foot seat spacing continuing (Aug. 21, 2020)'Always wear your mask on transit and in the community.' Local celebs join TriMet to encourage people to cover up for safety	TriMet, at the direction of the Oregon Health Authority	Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet)Sector regulator	Aug. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-NYC-046	MTA press release, 'MTA Announces Increased Mask Enforcement Throughout the System' (Sept. 22, 2021), describing the $50 mask fine in force since Sept. 14, 2020 and the federal mask requirementMask requirement and $50 fine on subways, buses, commuter railroads and paratransit; enforcement stepped up Sept. 23, 2021	Metropolitan Transportation Authority (State public authority; transit agency)	New York City metropolitan area (MTA New York City Transit, MTA Bus, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North, paratransit)Sector regulator	Sept. 22, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-093	MBTA notice: face covering enforcement takes effect November 6, 2020Face Covering Enforcement Takes Effect November 6 (posted November 6, 2020)	MBTA	Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthoritySector regulator	Nov. 6, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-LAS-015	Clark County requirement that employees wear face coverings at all times (November 2020)Clark County employee face-covering policy (as recited in EJDC AO 20-24, 21-03, 21-04 and 21-05)	Clark County (policy recited by the Eighth Judicial District Court)	Clark County, Nevada (county workforce and facilities)County	Nov. 24, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-12-061	COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards, 8 CCR §§ 3205-3205.4 (adopted Nov. 19, 2020; effective Nov. 30, 2020; readopted with amendments June 17, 2021)Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards	Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board; Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA)	CaliforniaSector regulator	Nov. 30, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHX-039	Face Coverings Required on Transit Vehicles (City ordinance approved Jan. 4, 2021; Mayor's proclamation)Face Coverings Required on Transit Vehicles - Sun Tran	Tucson Mayor and Council (Jan. 4, 2021 transit safety ordinance) and Mayor Regina Romero (proclamation), as posted by Sun Tran	City of Tucson, Arizona (Sun Tran, Sun Link, Sun Van, Sun Shuttle)Sector regulator	Jan. 4, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-030	Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (Jan. 29, 2021; updated June 10 and Aug. 13, 2021)Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace	OSHA	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Jan. 29, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CLE-041	RTA Statement on Mandatory Face Coverings on Public Transportation (Feb. 5, 2021)RTA Statement on Mandatory Face Coverings on Public Transportation	Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority	Cuyahoga County, Ohio (GCRTA service area)Sector regulator	Feb. 5, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-AUS-087	CapMetro press release: 'CapMetro Reminds Customers: Face Masks Are Required - New Federal Regulations Require Face Masks Nationwide on Public Transit'Release confirming that face masks are required of customers and employees on CapMetro services and at facilities, strengthened by the CDC…	Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro), a political subdivision transit authority	Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority service area (Austin and suburbs)Sector regulator	Feb. 2, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source

NCEES, NCEES COVID-19 exam administration updates (chronology: April 2020 pencil-and-paper exams cancelled; Pearson VUE capacity limits through 2021; masks required at Pearson VUE centers from Dec. 1, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-031)
Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer, County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MT-085)
Township of Haverford (Township Manager David R. Burman; Board of Commissioners), Township office closed to the public (Mar. 16, 2020); public access to the Township Municipal Building by appointment only from Nov. 16, 2020 (memorandum of Nov. 20, 2020); Township rule requiring all employees to wear face masks in all Township facilities (posted 2021, captured Sept. 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-043)
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham; Public Education Secretary Ryan Stewart, K-12 public school closure (Mar. 13, 2020, effective Mar. 16 through Apr. 3; extended Mar. 27, 2020 through the end of the 2019-20 school year) and PED 'Reentry Guidance' (June 20, 2020) and 'COVID-19 Response Toolkit for New Mexico's Public Schools' (2021-22) (Ex. NM-077)
NCARB, Coronavirus Update - ARE 5.0 (chronology from March 2020: Prometric test centers closed; ARE appointments cancelled; seat credits; masks required at test centers; online proctoring launched Nov. 16, 2020; continued closures and short-notice cancellations into 2021) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-070)
Food and Drug Administration, CDRH, Guidance: Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (Mar. 25, 2020; revised Apr. 2020, May 2020, Sept. 2021; superseded Sept. 5, 2023) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-044)
SunLine Transit Agency, Press release: SunLine Transit Agency Enforces Riverside County Order to Cover Your Face (Apr. 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-051)
Riverside Transit Agency, Riverside Transit Agency notice: Face Masks Required on All Buses (rear-door boarding; 10 passengers per bus) (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-054)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar), Eighth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated April 21, 2020) (Apr. 21, 2020) (Ex. VT-050)
VIA Metropolitan Transit, VIA release: customers required to wear face coverings beginning Wednesday, April 22, 2020 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-SAT-016)
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), announced by The Source (Metro's official news site) May 7, 2020, Metro face-covering requirement for all riders on Metro buses and trains, effective Monday, May 11, 2020 (announcement of May 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-LA-070)
Delaware Division of Small Business, Division of Small Business, COVID-19 posters for businesses (required signage pack: face covering, social distancing, hand hygiene) (May 31, 2020) (Ex. DUT-DE-010)
Governor Steve Sisolak, Declaration of Emergency Directive 024 (Face Coverings), June 24, 2020, ss. 5, 6, 8, 10 (Ex. NV-019)
Texas Education Agency (Commissioner Mike Morath), TEA Public Health Planning Guidance for the 2020-21 school year (July 7, 2020; on-campus instruction with masks required; parental choice of remote; attendance-funding flexibility of July 14-17, 2020 for up to eight weeks of remote instruction), and the Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021 public health guidance (mask provision not enforced during the GA-38 litigation) (Ex. SEC-15-090)
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, GCRTA alert of July 21, 2020: Masks are required when riding or while waiting for services (site-wide alert on the agency's pages, including the June 22, 2020 'Need a Mask, Take a Mask' post) (Ex. MET-CLE-040)
Central Ohio Transit Authority (regional transit authority under R.C. ch. 306; Joanna M. Pinkerton, President/CEO), COTA 'Moving Forward' release (July 2020): mask-wearing policy aboard vehicles (#MaskUpCBUS) (July 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-CMH-023)
TriMet, at the direction of the Oregon Health Authority, Public-service campaign release confirming that TriMet has required riders, operators and other employees to wear face coverings on board since mid-May 2020 at OHA direction; passenger limits and 3-foot seat spacing continuing (Aug. 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-047)
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (State public authority; transit agency), MTA press release, 'MTA Announces Increased Mask Enforcement Throughout the System' (Sept. 22, 2021), describing the $50 mask fine in force since Sept. 14, 2020 and the federal mask requirement (Ex. MET-NYC-046)
MBTA, MBTA notice: face covering enforcement takes effect November 6, 2020 (Nov. 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-093)
Clark County (policy recited by the Eighth Judicial District Court), Clark County requirement that employees wear face coverings at all times (November 2020) (Nov. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-LAS-015)
Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board; Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards, 8 CCR §§ 3205-3205.4 (adopted Nov. 19, 2020; effective Nov. 30, 2020; readopted with amendments June 17, 2021) (Ex. SEC-12-061)
Tucson Mayor and Council (Jan. 4, 2021 transit safety ordinance) and Mayor Regina Romero (proclamation), as posted by Sun Tran, Face Coverings Required on Transit Vehicles (City ordinance approved Jan. 4, 2021; Mayor's proclamation) (Ex. MET-PHX-039)
OSHA, Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (Jan. 29, 2021; updated June 10 and Aug. 13, 2021) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-030)
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, RTA Statement on Mandatory Face Coverings on Public Transportation (Feb. 5, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLE-041)
Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro), a political subdivision transit authority, CapMetro press release: 'CapMetro Reminds Customers: Face Masks Are Required - New Federal Regulations Require Face Masks Nationwide on Public Transit' (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-087)

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