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Administrative Declaration of an Economic Injury Disaster for the State of Arkansas

This is notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the state of Arkansas dated Aprill 29, 2026. Incident: Severe Winter Weather.

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  1. [Disaster Declaration #21568; ARKANSAS Disaster Number AR-20039 Declaration of Economic Injury]

AGENCY:

U.S. Small Business Administration.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This is notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the state of Arkansas dated Aprill 29, 2026.

Incident: Severe Winter Weather.

DATES:

Issued on April 29, 2026.

Incident Period: January 23, 2026 through January 26, 2026.

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: January 29, 2027.

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 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 EIDL declaration, applications for disaster loans may be submitted online using the MySBA Loan Portal https://lending.sba.gov or in person at other locally announced locations. For further assistance please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center by email at or by phone at 1-800-659-2955. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1to access telecommunications relay services.

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

Primary Counties: Clark, Garland, Independence, Pike, Polk.

Contiguous Counties:

Arkansas: Cleburne, Dallas, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Montgomery, Nevada, Ouachita, Perry, Saline, Scott, Sevier, Sharp, Stone, White, Yell .

Oklahoma: Le Flore, McCurtain.

The Interest Rates are:

Business and Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere 4.000
Private Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere 3.625
( printed page 24029)

The number assigned to this disaster for economic injury is 215680.

The states which received an EIDL declaration are Arkansas, Oklahoma.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)

(Authority: 13 CFR 123.3(b).)

James Stallings,

Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience.

[FR Doc. 2026-08608 Filed 5-1-26; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8026-09-P

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“Administrative Declaration of an Economic Injury Disaster for the State of Arkansas,” thefederalregister.org (May 4, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-08608/administrative-declaration-of-an-economic-injury-disaster-for-the-state-of-arkansas.