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

This is notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the state of CALIFORNIA dated June 11, 2026. Incident: Garden Grove Hazmat Incident.

Small Business Administration
  1. [Disaster Declaration #21644; California Disaster Number CA-20044 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 CALIFORNIA dated June 11, 2026.

Incident: Garden Grove Hazmat Incident.

DATES:

Issued on June 11, 2026.

Incident Period: May 21, 2026 through May 29, 2026.

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: March 11, 2027.

ADDRESSES:

Visit the SBA 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 EIDL declaration, applications for disaster loans may be submitted online using the SBA 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 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services.

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

Primary County: Orange.

Contiguous Counties:

California: Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego.

The Interest Rates are:

Percent
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 economic injury is 216440.

The state which received an EIDL declaration is CALIFORNIA.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)

(Authority: 13 CFR 123.3(b).)

James Stallings,

Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience.

[FR Doc. 2026-12177 Filed 6-16-26; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8026-09-P

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91 FR 36645

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“Administrative Declaration of an Economic Injury Disaster for the State of California,” thefederalregister.org (June 17, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-12177/administrative-declaration-of-an-economic-injury-disaster-for-the-state-of-california.