Environment

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FILE - In this May 31, 2013, file photo, sandbags are piled around the Parlor City Pub and Eatery in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where workers placed a cardboard cutout of a man drinking beer. Congress is on the cusp of passing its first infrastructure bill of the year. The Senate is expected to vote Thursday, May 22, 2014, on a $12.3 billion water resources bill that authorizes 34 water projects, from managing flood risks in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and environmental restoration in Louisiana to dredging Boston Harbor. (AP Photo/Ryan J. Foley, File)

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In this Wednesday, May 21, 2014 photo, fires continue to burn in Oak Creek Canyon in Sedona, Ariz., as fire crews battle the forest fire and homes are evacuated in the tourist community. The blaze burning in a canyon between Sedona and Flagstaff dramatically increased in size Wednesday, authorities warned about 3,200 residents in two communities between Sedona and Flagstaff that they need to be ready to evacuate if the fire makes another advance. (AP Photo/Vyto Starinskas)

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FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2011 file photo, a tugboat sails down the Savannah River in Savannah, Ga. A joint board of officials from South Carolina and Georgia were told on Thursday, May 22, 2014 in Charleston, S.C., that it appears the river can handle ships both calling on the Georgia ports as well as at a planned $3.3 billion container ship terminal on the South Carolina side of the river just downstream from the city. (AP Photo/David Goldman, file)

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FILE - This April 25, 2012 file photo shows a farmer planting corn in a field near Huff, N.D. The federal government says it can't meet a request by U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp to extend a crop planting deadline for corn in North Dakota. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency says it's prohibited by federal regulations from making a change to the May 25 deadline set for most North Dakota counties. Many corn farmers in the state are having a tough time getting their crop seeded because of a wet spring. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack, File)