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Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the State of West Virginia

This is notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of WEST VIRGINIA (FEMA-493-DR), dated August 3, 2026. Incident: Severe Storms, Straight-line Win...

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  1. [Disaster Declaration #21751 and #21752; West Virginia Disaster Number WV-20027]

AGENCY:

U.S. Small Business Administration.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This is notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of WEST VIRGINIA (FEMA-493-DR), dated August 3, 2026. Incident: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides.

DATES:

Issued on August 3, 2026.

Incident Period: July 21, 2026 through July 22, 2026.

Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: October 3, 2026.

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: May 3, 2027.

ADDRESSES:

Visit the MySBA Loan Portal at 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 President's major disaster declaration on August 3, 2026, applications for disaster loans may be submitted online using the MySBA Loan Portal 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 Counties (Physical Damage and Economic Injury Loans): Lewis, Upshur.

Contiguous Counties (Economic Inquuiry Loans Only):

West Virginia: Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Randolph, Webster.

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 21751B and for economic injury is 217520.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)

(Authority: 13 CFR 123.3(b).)

James Stallings,

Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience.

[FR Doc. 2026-16151 Filed 8-6-26; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8026-09-P

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“Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the State of West Virginia,” thefederalregister.org (August 7, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-16151/presidential-declaration-of-a-major-disaster-for-the-state-of-west-virginia.