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Can you tell me if Kentucky was included in that? And if so, how 

 much was sent down? Do you know? 



Mr. Weber. I cannot tell you. If Kentucky had submitted a re- 

 quest, they should have been included in there. But I cannot tell 

 you for sure whether they were included or not. 



Mr. Barlow. But if the State forwarded you a request, presum- 

 ably something would have gone back to them? 



Mr. Weber. They would have — the initial allocation, yes. 



Mr. Barlow. Another question, going back: Is unleveed bottom- 

 land ever eligible for ECP cost-share assistance? If so, under what 

 circumstances. 



And the answer that you all provided was: Yes, provided the land 

 is not under a flowage easement and the COC is able to make a 

 determination that the land is not susceptible to frequent damage. 



Just for the record, what is COC? 



Mr. Weber. County committee. 



Mr. Barlow. Frequent damage. I am assuming that you all have 

 made a determination that bottomland, where it has gone on as 

 land having been cropped but never having actually had damage 

 during the crop season and never having applied for assistance 

 during that crop season, even though it is bottomland, you are 

 going to provide relief? 



Mr. Weber. We will provide relief subject to the county commit- 

 tee determining that it is not subject to frequent damage. 



Mr. Barlow. And you are cooperating with the county committee 

 on that? 



Mr. Weber. Yes. 



Mr. Barlow. Can farmland that is adjacent to a river that has 

 an annual occurrence of water overflowing the river banks on to 

 the farmland be eligible for ECP? 



And, again, you go along with the county committees on that? 



Mr. Weber. Yes. 



Mr. Barlow. One other question. The question came, we have a 

 request for cost shares to clean out open drainage ditches due to 

 flooding. Some of our farmers down there tried to get in and put 

 up quick levees to hold off the river. These got breached in some 

 instances. We have some roads down there that have gotten torn 

 up pretty bad. 



Will ECP, again, with the direction, advice of the county commit- 

 tees, come in and help farmers with their costs on this? 



Mr. Weber. On construction of roads and 



Mr. Barlow. Reconstruction of roads, some portion of payment 

 of levee construction costs where they tried to get 



Mr. Weber. I don't believe the ECP funds will cover either of 

 those. 



Mr. Barlow. But how about 



Mr. Weber. The levees are covered under some funds — or can be 

 covered under some funds that the Soil Conservation Service has, 

 but ECP will not cover either one of those. 



Mr. Barlow. The roads or the levees? 



Mr. Weber. The roads or the levees. 



Mr. Barlow. But your information is the SCS will 



Mr. Weber. There are some funds available under the SCS that 

 would cover the levy portion of it. 



