[Disaster Declaration #21785 and #21786; NEBRASKA Disaster Number NE-20026]
AGENCY:
U.S. Small Business Administration.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
This is notice of an Administrative disaster declaration of a rural area for the state of Nebraska dated August 14, 2026.
Incident:
Wildfires.
DATES:
Issued on August 14, 2026.
Incident Period:
March 12, 2026 through April 2, 2026.
Physical Loan Application Deadline Date:
October 13, 2026.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:
May 14, 2027.
ADDRESSES:
Visit the MySBA Loan Portal at lending.sba.gov
to apply for a disaster assistance loan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shaquille Lewis, 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 disaster declaration of a rural area applications for disaster loans may be submitted online using the MySBA Loan Portal
lending.sba.gov
or in person at 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 area has been determined to be adversely affected by the disaster:
Primary County:
Garden.
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 217855 and for economic injury is 217860.
The states which received an SBA Administrative rural declaration are Nebraska.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 53925
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Administrative Disaster Declaration of a Rural Area for the State of Nebraska,” thefederalregister.org (August 20, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-16953/administrative-disaster-declaration-of-a-rural-area-for-the-state-of-nebraska.
lending.sba.gov
13 CFR 123.3(b)