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

This is notice of an Administrative disaster declaration of a rural area for the state of Alaska dated April 15, 2026. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding and Remnants of Typhoon ...

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Small Business Administration

[Disaster Declaration #21505 and #21506; ALASKA Disaster Number AK-20018]

( printed page 21070)

AGENCY:

U.S. Small Business Administration.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This is notice of an Administrative disaster declaration of a rural area for the state of Alaska dated April 15, 2026.

Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding and Remnants of Typhoon Halong.

DATES:

Issued on April 15, 2026.

Incident Period: October 8, 2025 through October 13, 2025.

Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: June 15, 2026.

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: January 15, 2027.

ADDRESSES:

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice is hereby given 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 in person at locally announced locations. For further assistance please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center by email at disastercustomerservice@sba.gov or by phone at 1-800-659-2955. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services.

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

Primary Area: Bering Strait Regional Educational Attendance Area.

The Interest Rates are:

	Percent
For Physical Damage:
Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere	6.000
Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere	3.000
Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere	8.000
Businesses without Credit Available Elsewhere	4.000
Private Non-Profit Organizations with Credit Available Elsewhere	3.625
Private Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere	3.625
For Economic Injury:
Business and Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere	4.000
Private Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere	3.625

The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 215056 and for economic injury is 215060.

The state which received an SBA Administrative rural declaration is Alaska.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)

(Authority:13 CFR 123.(b).)

James Stallings,

Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience.

[FR Doc. 2026-07632 Filed 4-17-26; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8026-09-P

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“Administrative Disaster Declaration of a Rural Area for the State of Alaska,” thefederalregister.org (April 20, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-07632/administrative-disaster-declaration-of-a-rural-area-for-the-state-of-alaska.