Administrative Declaration of an Economic Injury Disaster for the State of California
This is notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the state of California dated September 18, 2026. Incident: 2026 Plains Oil Spill.
[Disaster Declaration #21900; CALIFORNIA Disaster Number CA-20047 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 state of California dated September 18, 2026.
Incident:
2026 Plains Oil Spill.
DATES:
Issued on September 18, 2026.
Incident Period:
May 22, 2026 through May 28, 2026.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:
June 21, 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 EIDL 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 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:
Los Angeles.
Contiguous Counties:
California: Kern, Orange, San Bernardino, Ventura.
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 219000.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 60487
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Administrative Declaration of an Economic Injury Disaster for the State of California,” thefederalregister.org (September 23, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-19426/administrative-declaration-of-an-economic-injury-disaster-for-the-state-of-california.
lending.sba.gov
13 CFR 123.3(b)