Appendix A

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UL 555S, Standard for Smoke Dampers, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, IL 60062.

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BAS-APG001-EN, Engineered Smoke Control System for Tracer Summit specifications

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