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EPA Rescinds Only Safety Updates Imposed After 2013 Texas Fertilizer-Warehouse Explosion

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Rules came down after fertilizer explosion killed 15 in town of West, but agency will remove mandates for expanded access to details about chemical storage, citing terror threat.

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