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Administrative Declaration of an Economic Injury Disaster for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

This is notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania dated July 31, 2026. Incident: Severe Storms.

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Small Business Administration

[Disaster Declaration #21740; PENNSYLVANIA Disaster Number PA-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 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania dated July 31, 2026.

Incident: Severe Storms.

DATES:

Issued July 31, 2026.

Incident Period: July 4, 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:

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 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 Counties: Monroe.

Contiguous Counties:

Pennsylvania: Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Northampton, Pike, Wayne.

New Jersey: Sussex, Warren.

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 217400.

The commonwealth and state which received an EIDL declaration are Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)

(Authority: 13 CFR 123.3(b).)

James Stallings,

Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience.

[FR Doc. 2026-15869 Filed 8-4-26; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8026-09-P

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“Administrative Declaration of an Economic Injury Disaster for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” thefederalregister.org (August 5, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-15869/administrative-declaration-of-an-economic-injury-disaster-for-the-commonwealth-of-pennsylvania.