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Bill Aimed at Preventing Plant Accidents Meets Resistance

In the year since the West fertilizer plant explosion, there have been no new regulations approved for such plants. Now one state lawmaker is hoping to change that, but he's already facing opposition.

by Terrence Henry, KUT News/StateImpact Texas
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A vehicle near the remains of a fertilizer plant burning after an explosion in West, Texas, near Waco.
Credit: Mike Stone / Bay Area News

In the year since the West fertilizer plant explosion, there have been no new regulations approved for such plants. Now one state lawmaker is hoping to change that, but he's already facing opposition. Read the full story at StateImpact Texas.

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Terrence Henry

KUT NEWS/STATEIMPACT TEXAS

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