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2016 Revisions to the Exceptional Events Rule: Update to Frequently Asked Questions

This September 11, 2018, document replaces the “Interim Exceptional Events Rule Frequently Asked Questions” document posted on May 14, 2013. This version also contains a newly inserted Question B.16. that was not included in the previously posted July 9, 2018, version of this document.

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2016 Revisions to the Exceptional Events Rule: Update to Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)(36 pp, 678 K, September 2018)