well, unfortunately, for fewer than 100 residents living in the city of treece -- t-r-e-e-c of e -- treece, the stimulus funding for this project is literally going down a sinking hole. the city of treece, kansas, sits on the kansas-oklahoma border. this small rural community was once a world leader in lead and zinc mining, mining that lasted for nearly 100 years. as the mining companies shut down in the 1970's, the ground water began to rise and the pillars that supported the soil above the mine shafts began to collapse and you had a giant sink hole. shortly thereafter, in 1983, to be exact, the e.p.a. placed over 500 square miles in southeast kansas, northeast oklahoma, and southwest missouri on the national priorities list of the superfund list, including the city of treece. in total, cherokee county, kansas, where treece is located, has 115 square miles in the superfund program. now, last summer during a listening tour of this part of kansas, i saw firsthand how 100 men and women and children are living in absolute blight. they live day by day not knowing when -- and i mean when, not i