**ECP FACT SHEET**

**TORNADO DAMAGE**

**[GENERAL FACTS]{.underline}**

-   **Program is limited to damaged farmland that is so costly to repair
    that Federal Assistance is REQUIRED to return the land to productive
    agricultural use.**

-   **[Cost-Share is NOT GUARANTEED at time of signup.]{.underline}**

-   **Cost-Share rate of 75% of eligible cost, not to exceed State
    Average Cost**

-   **Must have a minimum of \$1,000 of eligible damage before ECP may
    be authorized (Exception: limited resource producer)**

-   **Eligible land must be used for agricultural purposes (woodland not
    eligible).**

**EC-1 REMOVING DEBRIS**

-   **Debris must materially affect the productive capacity of the
    land**

-   **Debris must prevent the land from productive agricultural use**

-   **Removal of debris is of a magnitude that requires additional farm
    labor not currently used on the farm and/or specialized heavy
    equipment**

**EC-3 RESTORING PERMANENT FENCES**

-   **Fence must have been damaged by the disaster**

-   **Fence must be for the purpose of enclosing or excluding
    livestock**

-   **Practice is for restoring or replacing fences needed to restore
    the land to productive agricultural use**

-   **Repair or replacement of cross fences, or cattle gates IS
    authorized. Boundary fences are authorized provided FEMA has overall
    responsibility.**

-   **Repair or replacement of corrals, feedlots, ornamental fences,
    holding pens or cattle guards NOT authorized.**

-   **No cost share provided for reusable material from the fence
    damaged by the disaster**

-   **Repair or replaced fence must be constructed according to Natural
    Resources Conservation Service Guidelines (Ex: cannot attach fence
    to trees, etc.)**

**In addition to the regular program limitation of cost-share (75% of
cost), the following additional guidelines apply:**

+-----------------------------+----------------------------------------+
| **If age of fence at time   | **Then allowable actual cost factor    |
| of disaster is:**           | is:**                                  |
+-----------------------------+----------------------------------------+
| **0 to 5 years**            | **100 percent of computed cost share** |
+-----------------------------+----------------------------------------+
| **6 to 10 years**           | **75 percent of computed cost share**  |
+-----------------------------+----------------------------------------+
| **11 to 30 years**          | **60 percent of computed cost share**  |
+-----------------------------+----------------------------------------+
| **Over 30 years**           | **\--0 percent if all components are   |
|                             | over 30 years**                        |
|                             |                                        |
|                             | **\--a percentage determined by COC    |
|                             | not to exceed 60 percent if some of a  |
|                             | fence's components have been replaced  |
|                             | since the fence was erected and the    |
|                             | average of the components is less than |
|                             | 30 years**                             |
+-----------------------------+----------------------------------------+

**Example: Fence was 6 years old and will cost \$5,000 to replace**

**\$5,000 x 75% x 75% = \$2,813**