Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/initialization.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/initialization.m	(revision 14759)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/initialization.m	(revision 14760)
@@ -60,5 +60,7 @@
 				if isa(md.hydrology,'hydrologydc'),
 					md = checkfield(md,'initialization.sediment_head','NaN',1,'size',[md.mesh.numberofvertices 1]);
-					md = checkfield(md,'initialization.epl_head','NaN',1,'size',[md.mesh.numberofvertices 1]);
+					if md.hydrology.isefficientlayer==1,
+						md = checkfield(md,'initialization.epl_head','NaN',1,'size',[md.mesh.numberofvertices 1]);
+		      end
 				else
 					md = checkfield(md,'initialization.watercolumn','NaN',1,'size',[md.mesh.numberofvertices 1]);