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A year after a blowout at a natural gas well near Los Angeles spewed tons of natural gas and drove thousands from their homes, a federal task force is recommending dozens of safety changes for the nation’s 400 underground natural …

Nathan Phillips crouched next to a manhole. He stuck his nose in a venting grate to sniff. “Yup, that’s a leak,” he said. A strong smell of natural gas rose from the sewer line. Around him, the physical evidence of …