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Administrative Issues to be Resolved
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... Conclusions. ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED As noted in the previous section of this report, there are some actions to be taken and fundamental issues to be resolved before grain elevator explosions can be properly investigated.
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... for any given magnitude of grain elevator explosion. While it is assumed that every catastrophic disaster will warrant investigation, there is a level of damage, lost time, etc., below which extensive investigation may not be economically justifiable.
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