(a) The order that the petition was received by the Secretary will be determined by the postmark date or the date indicated by a commercial carrier or the U.S. Postal Service, in accordance with Sec. 130.31(f).
(b) If the Secretary receives more than one petition which is either postmarked or dated by a commercial carrier or the U.S. Postal Service on the same date, the Department will conduct a random selection of each day's submissions to determine the order within each group of petitions.
(c) A number will be assigned to each petition indicating the order in which it is selected.