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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-ME-017	State of Maine Food Code 2013, 10-144 C.M.R. ch. 200 and 01-001 C.M.R. ch. 331 (last amended October 1, 2013): sec. 2-201.11 (permit holder shall require food employees to report symptoms and diagnoses of transmissible disease; exclusion and restriction), sec. 2-501.11 (clean-up procedures), sec. 8-304.11 (responsibilities of the permit holder: comply with the Code and with 'directives of the Regulatory Authority... in response to community emergencies'; discontinue operations on imminent health hazard), sec. 8-402.11 (access), sec. 8-404.11 (ceasing operations and reporting), sec. 8-404.12 (approval before resuming), sec. 8-405.11 (timely correction)State of Maine Food Code (2013), 10-144 CMR 200 and 01-01 CMR 331	Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine CDC Health Inspection Program (10-144 C.M.R. ch. 200), jointly with the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (01-001 C.M.R. ch. 331)	MaineState	Oct. 1, 2013	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-006	Final rule, Maine State Plan for State and Local Government Employers; initial approval determination, 80 Fed. Reg. 46487 (Aug. 5, 2015) (29 C.F.R. part 1956, subpart O)Maine State Plan for State and Local Government Employers	Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor (Assistant Secretary David Michaels)	United States (Occupational Safety and Health Administration); MaineFederal	Aug. 5, 2015	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-004	37-B M.R.S. secs. 703 (definitions), 741(3)(H) (delegation), 742 (emergency proclamation; Governor's powers; sec. 742(1)(C)(2), (5), (8), (12), (13) and (1)(E)), 743 (termination), 786 (enforcement; Class E crime; arrest), 822 (compliance-conditioned immunity), 827 (aid in emergency; Class E crime), 829 (duty of agencies to execute and enforce orders), 834 (inconsistent laws suspended)Title 37-B, Chapter 13: Maine Emergency Management Agency (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated October 20, 2025)	Maine Legislature (37-B M.R.S. chapter 13, Maine Emergency Management Agency; Governor's emergency powers)	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. ME-004	Executive Order 14 FY 19/20An Order to Protect Public Health	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-066	Executive Order 14 FY 19/20An Order Regarding Further Restrictions on Public Contact and Movement, Schools, Vehicle Travel and Retail Business Operations (gatherings…	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ME-007	Executive Order 19 FY 19/20An Order Regarding Essential Businesses and Operations	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ME-089	Emergency Stay at Home Order (City Manager's emergency proclamation), announced Mar. 24, 2020City Announces Stay at Home Emergency Order Effective Wednesday, March 25 at 5:00 PM; Restricts all non-essential personal and business…	City Manager Jon Jennings (with Mayor Kate Snyder)	Portland, Maine (Cumberland County)City	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ME-011	Executive Order 28 FY 19/20 (Corrected 2)An Order Regarding Further Restrictions on Public Contact and Movement, Schools, Vehicle Travel and Retail Business Operations (Stay Healthy…	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Mar. 31, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ME-021	Executive Order 49 FY 19/20An Order to Stay Safer at Home	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Apr. 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ME-020	Together We Are Maine: Restarting Maine's Economy (plan booklet)Restarting Maine's Economy	Governor Janet T. Mills; Department of Economic and Community Development	MaineState	Apr. 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ME-080	Restarting Maine's Economy web page (maine.gov/covid19/restartingmaine) as of May 1, 2020Together, We Are Maine: Restarting Maine's Economy	Office of the Governor / DECD	MaineState	May 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ME-081	COVID-19 Prevention Checklists index page (maine.gov/decd/covid-19-prevention-checklists) as of Dec. 12, 2020COVID-19 Prevention Checklists	Department of Economic and Community Development	MaineSector regulator	Dec. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ME-083	COVID-19 Prevention Checklist: General Guidance (as of Dec. 4, 2020)General Guidance checklist (all industries)	DECD (with DHHS and Maine CDC)	MaineSector regulator	Dec. 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ME-084	COVID-19 Prevention Checklist: Retail Businesses (as of Dec. 30, 2020)Retail Businesses checklist	DECD (with DHHS and Maine CDC)	MaineSector regulator	Dec. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ME-088	COVID-19 Prevention Checklist: Barbering and Cosmetology (as of Oct. 18, 2020; general guidance updated June 10, 2020)Cosmetology/Barbering checklist	DECD (with DHHS and Maine CDC)	MaineSector regulator	June 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-013	Order on Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills, No. 1:20-cv-00156-NT, ECF No. 27 (D. Me. May 9, 2020), reported at 459 F. Supp. 3d 273Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills: order refusing a temporary restraining order against the ten-person gathering limit as applied to worship	Hon. Nancy Torresen, U.S. District Judge	United States District Court for the District of MaineCourt	May 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. ME-087	COVID-19 Prevention Checklist: Religious Gatherings (as of Nov. 14, 2020; updated Nov. 5, 2020)Religious Gatherings checklist	DECD (with DHHS and Maine CDC)	MaineSector regulator	Nov. 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ME-025	Executive Order 55 FY 19/20An Order to Further Implement the Restarting Plan	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	May 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ME-086	COVID-19 Prevention Checklist: Lodging (as of Oct. 18, 2020; last updated July 24, 2020)Lodging checklist	DECD (with DHHS and Maine CDC)	MaineSector regulator	July 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. ME-026	Executive Order 57 FY 19/20An Order Regarding Travelers into Maine (Keep Maine Healthy)	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	June 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. ME-028	Executive Order 28-A-2 FY 19/20An Order Reamending Executive Order 28 FY 19/20	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	June 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-036	Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills, No. 20-1507, 984 F.3d 21Opinion dismissing appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit	United States (Maine orders)Court	Dec. 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q4	Gathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-018	26 M.R.S. sec. 833(1)(A)-(B) (no employer may discharge, threaten or discriminate against an employee for reporting in good faith a violation of law or rule or 'a condition or practice that would put at risk the health or safety of that employee or any other individual')26 M.R.S. sec. 833, Discrimination against certain employees prohibited (Whistleblowers' Protection Act; Maine Revised Statutes section page…	Maine Legislature (26 M.R.S. chapter 7, subchapter 5-B, Whistleblowers' Protection Act)	MaineState	Jan. 1, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-005	26 M.R.S. sec. 561-A (general duties of employer and employee), sec. 563(6)-(7) (employee and employer defined as public bodies), sec. 565 (Board rules 'must at a minimum conform to federal standards of occupational safety and health'), sec. 566 (Bureau inspects and enforces), sec. 568 (appeals), sec. 570 (discrimination)Title 26, Chapter 6: Occupational Safety Rules and Regulations Board (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated October 20…	Maine Legislature (26 M.R.S. chapter 6, Occupational Safety Rules and Regulations Board; Board of Occupational Safety and Health; Bureau of Labor Standards)	MaineState	Oct. 20, 2025	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-007	26 M.R.S. sec. 42 (powers and duties of the Bureau; the director 'shall cause to be enforced... all laws established for the protection of health, lives and limbs of operators in workshops and factories, on railroads and in other places'), sec. 44 (right of access; records), sec. 45 (citations for violation of sec. 561-A or Board rules), sec. 46 (civil penalties), sec. 49 (imminent danger; Superior Court restraint), sec. 50 (inspections on employee complaint)Title 26, Chapter 3: Bureau of Labor (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated October 20, 2025)	Maine Legislature (26 M.R.S. chapter 3, Bureau of Labor Standards, Department of Labor)	MaineState	Oct. 20, 2025	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read

Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine CDC Health Inspection Program (10-144 C.M.R. ch. 200), jointly with the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (01-001 C.M.R. ch. 331), State of Maine Food Code 2013, 10-144 C.M.R. ch. 200 and 01-001 C.M.R. ch. 331 (last amended October 1, 2013): sec. 2-201.11 (permit holder shall require food employees to report symptoms and diagnoses of transmissible disease; exclusion and restriction), sec. 2-501.11 (clean-up procedures), sec. 8-304.11 (responsibilities of the permit holder: comply with the Code and with 'directives of the Regulatory Authority... in response to community emergencies'; discontinue operations on imminent health hazard), sec. 8-402.11 (access), sec. 8-404.11 (ceasing operations and reporting), sec. 8-404.12 (approval before resuming), sec. 8-405.11 (timely correction) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-017)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor (Assistant Secretary David Michaels), Final rule, Maine State Plan for State and Local Government Employers; initial approval determination, 80 Fed. Reg. 46487 (Aug. 5, 2015) (29 C.F.R. part 1956, subpart O) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-006)
Maine Legislature (37-B M.R.S. chapter 13, Maine Emergency Management Agency; Governor's emergency powers), 37-B M.R.S. secs. 703 (definitions), 741(3)(H) (delegation), 742 (emergency proclamation; Governor's powers; sec. 742(1)(C)(2), (5), (8), (12), (13) and (1)(E)), 743 (termination), 786 (enforcement; Class E crime; arrest), 822 (compliance-conditioned immunity), 827 (aid in emergency; Class E crime), 829 (duty of agencies to execute and enforce orders), 834 (inconsistent laws suspended) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-004)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 14 FY 19/20 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. ME-004)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 14 FY 19/20 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-066)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 19 FY 19/20 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. ME-007)
City Manager Jon Jennings (with Mayor Kate Snyder), Emergency Stay at Home Order (City Manager's emergency proclamation), announced Mar. 24, 2020 (Ex. ME-089)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 28 FY 19/20 (Corrected 2) (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. ME-011)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 49 FY 19/20 (Apr. 29, 2020) (Ex. ME-021)
Governor Janet T. Mills; Department of Economic and Community Development, Together We Are Maine: Restarting Maine's Economy (plan booklet) (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. ME-020)
Office of the Governor / DECD, Restarting Maine's Economy web page (maine.gov/covid19/restartingmaine) as of May 1, 2020 (Ex. ME-080)
Department of Economic and Community Development, COVID-19 Prevention Checklists index page (maine.gov/decd/covid-19-prevention-checklists) as of Dec. 12, 2020 (Ex. ME-081)
DECD (with DHHS and Maine CDC), COVID-19 Prevention Checklist: General Guidance (as of Dec. 4, 2020) (Ex. ME-083)
DECD (with DHHS and Maine CDC), COVID-19 Prevention Checklist: Retail Businesses (as of Dec. 30, 2020) (Ex. ME-084)
DECD (with DHHS and Maine CDC), COVID-19 Prevention Checklist: Barbering and Cosmetology (as of Oct. 18, 2020; general guidance updated June 10, 2020) (Ex. ME-088)
Hon. Nancy Torresen, U.S. District Judge, Order on Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills, No. 1:20-cv-00156-NT, ECF No. 27 (D. Me. May 9, 2020), reported at 459 F. Supp. 3d 273 (Ex. DUT-ME-013)
DECD (with DHHS and Maine CDC), COVID-19 Prevention Checklist: Religious Gatherings (as of Nov. 14, 2020; updated Nov. 5, 2020) (Ex. ME-087)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 55 FY 19/20 (May 29, 2020) (Ex. ME-025)
DECD (with DHHS and Maine CDC), COVID-19 Prevention Checklist: Lodging (as of Oct. 18, 2020; last updated July 24, 2020) (Ex. ME-086)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 57 FY 19/20 (June 9, 2020) (Ex. ME-026)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 28-A-2 FY 19/20 (June 16, 2020) (Ex. ME-028)
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills, No. 20-1507, 984 F.3d 21 (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-036)
Maine Legislature (26 M.R.S. chapter 7, subchapter 5-B, Whistleblowers' Protection Act), 26 M.R.S. sec. 833(1)(A)-(B) (no employer may discharge, threaten or discriminate against an employee for reporting in good faith a violation of law or rule or 'a condition or practice that would put at risk the health or safety of that employee or any other individual') (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-018)
Maine Legislature (26 M.R.S. chapter 6, Occupational Safety Rules and Regulations Board; Board of Occupational Safety and Health; Bureau of Labor Standards), 26 M.R.S. sec. 561-A (general duties of employer and employee), sec. 563(6)-(7) (employee and employer defined as public bodies), sec. 565 (Board rules 'must at a minimum conform to federal standards of occupational safety and health'), sec. 566 (Bureau inspects and enforces), sec. 568 (appeals), sec. 570 (discrimination) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-005)
Maine Legislature (26 M.R.S. chapter 3, Bureau of Labor Standards, Department of Labor), 26 M.R.S. sec. 42 (powers and duties of the Bureau; the director 'shall cause to be enforced... all laws established for the protection of health, lives and limbs of operators in workshops and factories, on railroads and in other places'), sec. 44 (right of access; records), sec. 45 (citations for violation of sec. 561-A or Board rules), sec. 46 (civil penalties), sec. 49 (imminent danger; Superior Court restraint), sec. 50 (inspections on employee complaint) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-007)

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