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Associated Press - April 6, 2009 5:35 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AP) - Eleven states - including Nebraska - will share nearly $45 million in aid from the economic stimulus program to rehabilitate aging dams.
The Agriculture Department says Oklahoma will receive $14 million for several projects across the state, while Georgia will get more than $6 million. Texas will receive nearly $5 million, while projects in Massachusetts, Virginia and West Virginia were awarded more than $4 million.
Projects in Nebraska, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and New York will also receive funding under the program. The program requires state and local sponsors to provide 35% of the funding for their projects.
The federal aid is designed to revitalize rural communities and bolster deteriorating dams which could fail and threaten lives and property.
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