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In this April 15, 2014 photo is a fence surrounding the barren site of the West, Texas, Fertilizer Company that was destroyed by an explosion one year earlier. On April 18, 2013, a fire at the plant caused a blast that caved in walls at nearby schools and homes, and sent debris flying for miles. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte)
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In this April 9, 2014 photo is a wooden cross near the site of the former West, Texas, Fertilizer Company that was destroyed by an explosion one year earlier. On April 18, 2013, a fire at the plant caused a blast that caved in walls at nearby schools and homes, and sent debris flying for miles. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte)
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In this April 15, 2014 aerial photograph is a property that was damaged by the West, Texas, Fertilizer Company explosion one year earlier. On April 18, 2013, a fire at the plant triggered an ammonium nitrate explosion that killed 15 people and injured hundreds. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, G.J. McCarthy)
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In this April 15, 2014 aerial photograph is an overall view of the area affected by the West, Texas, Fertilizer Company explosion one year earlier. On April 18, 2013, a fire at the plant triggered an ammonium nitrate explosion that killed 15 people and injured hundreds. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, G.J. McCarthy)
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In this April 15, 2014 aerial photograph are properties under construction in an area damaged by the West, Texas, Fertilizer Company explosion one year earlier. On April 18, 2013, a fire at the plant triggered an ammonium nitrate explosion that killed 15 people and injured hundreds. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, G.J. McCarthy)
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In this April 15, 2014 photo letters of hope are attached to a tree at the site of the old West Rest Haven nursing home that was destroyed in the West, Texas, Fertilizer Company a year earlier. On April 18, 2013, a fire at the plant caused a blast that caved in walls at nearby schools and homes, and sent debris flying for miles. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte)
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FILE - In this April 18, 2013 aerial file photo are the remains of a nursing home, left, apartment complex, center, and fertilizer plant, right, destroyed by an explosion in West, Texas. The families of 15 people that died in the plant explosion, 12 of them trying to respond to the initial fire, have spent the last year navigating the difficult balance between seeking answers and finding closure. Lawsuits filed in the weeks afterward are mired in a complex legal process that could uncover new details on the incident through testimony, but key questions will remain unanswered for many months to come. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
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Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Director Kurt Schwartz speaks with the media following a news conference in preparation for the Boston Marathon, Wednesday, April 16, 2014, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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FILE - In this July 16, 2012 file photo a dry field of corn is seen near Fremont, Neb. Despite varying degrees of drought conditions in the Plains region, predictions of a cool, wet spring in 2014 bring hope of drought relief. Brian Fuchs, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center in Lincoln, Neb., also expects extra precipitation through April in the central and northern plains. But while the season is looking at some relief, representatives from the agriculture industry and municipal water supply are still wary. Nathan Fields with National Corn Growers association said that after the 2012 drought he learned how quickly it can set in and affect crop production. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
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FILE - This Nov. 20, 2012 file photo shows a dried pond, the outcome of drought, in Waterloo, Neb. There are varying degrees of drought conditions in the Plains region, but a National Weather Service hydrologist says predicted above-normal rain for spring 2014 might ease some of the problem. Some people in the agriculture industry and with municipal water supplies are still wary. Nathan Fields with the National Corn Growers Association says that during the 2012 drought, he learned how quickly it can set in and affect crop production. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
