[Disaster Declaration #21737 and #21738; PENNSYLVANIA Disaster Number PA-20038]
AGENCY:
U.S. Small Business Administration.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
This is notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania dated July 30, 2026.
Incident:
Severe Storms.
DATES:
Issued on July 30, 2026.
Incident Period:
July 11, 2026.
Physical Loan Application Deadline Date:
September 28, 2026.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:
April 30, 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
( printed page 50591)
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, 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
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 County:
Philadelphia.
Contiguous Counties:
Pennsylvania: Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery.
New Jersey: Burlington, Camden, Gloucester.
The Interest Rates are:
Percent
For Physical Damage:
Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere
5.750
Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere
2.875
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 21737B and for economic injury is 217380.
The state/commonwealth which received an SBA Administrative declaration is New Jersey, Pennsylvania.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 50590
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Administrative Declaration of a Disaster for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” thefederalregister.org (August 5, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-15868/administrative-declaration-of-a-disaster-for-the-commonwealth-of-pennsylvania.