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Sen. Gary Smith, D-Norco, right, speaks to Senate attorney Riley Boudreaux in Baton Rouge, La. on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 about a bill to give the governor more authority over two New Orleans-area flood protection boards. Senators advanced a proposal Wednesday that would let the governor remove board members for violating what he considers to be public policy, despite concerns it would introduce political meddling into state flood protection. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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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)
