Administrative Declaration of a Disaster for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
This is notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the commonwealth of Pennsylvania dated August 19, 2026. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding.
[Disaster Declaration #21793 and #21794; PENNSYLVANIA Disaster Number PA-20040]
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 August 19, 2026. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding.
DATES:
Issued on August 19, 2026.
Incident Period:
July 28, 2026.
Physical Loan Application Deadline Date:
October 19, 2026.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:
May 19, 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, 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
( printed page 54903)
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:
Clearfield.
Contiguous Counties:
Pennsylvania: Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Elk, Indiana, Jefferson.
The Interest Rates are:
Percent
For Physical Damage:
Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere
6.000
Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere
3.000
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 21793B and for economic injury is 217940.
The states which received an SBA Administrative declaration are Pennsylvania.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 54902
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 25, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-17271/administrative-declaration-of-a-disaster-for-the-commonwealth-of-pennsylvania.
lending.sba.gov
13 CFR 123.3(b)