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Administrative Disaster Declaration of a Rural Area for the State of Arkansas

This is a notice of an Administrative disaster declaration of a rural area for the State of Arkansas dated July 22, 2025. Incident: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding.

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Small Business Administration

[Disaster Declaration #21195 and #21196; ARKANSAS Disaster Number AR-20029]

AGENCY:

U.S. Small Business Administration.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This is a notice of an Administrative disaster declaration of a rural area for the State of Arkansas dated July 22, 2025.

Incident: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding.

DATES:

Issued on July 22, 2025.

Incident Period: April 2, 2025 through April 22, 2025.

Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: September 22, 2025.

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: April 22, 2026.

ADDRESSES:

Visit the MySBA Loan Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to apply for a disaster assistance loan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharon Henderson, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205-6734.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice is hereby given that as a result of the Administrator's disaster declaration of a rural area, applications for disaster loans may be submitted online using the MySBA Loan Portal https://lending.sba.gov or other locally announced locations. Please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center by email at disastercustomerservice@sba.gov or by phone at 1-800-659-2955 for further assistance.

The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by the disaster:

Primary Counties: Cross, Hempstead, Lawrence, Little River.

The Interest Rates are:

	Percent
For Physical Damage:
Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere	5.500
Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere	2.750
Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere	8.000
Businesses without Credit Available Elsewhere	4.000
Non-Profit Organizations with Credit Available Elsewhere	3.625
Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere	3.625
For Economic Injury:
Business and Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere	4.000
Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere	3.625

The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 211956 and for economic injury is 211960.

The State which received an EIDL Declaration is Arkansas.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)

(Authority: 13 CFR 1234.3(b).)

James Stallings,

Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience.

[FR Doc. 2025-14066 Filed 7-24-25; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8026-09-P

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“Administrative Disaster Declaration of a Rural Area for the State of Arkansas,” thefederalregister.org (July 25, 2025), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2025-14066/administrative-disaster-declaration-of-a-rural-area-for-the-state-of-arkansas.