Administrative Declaration of an Economic Injury Disaster for the State of Maryland
This is notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the state of Maryland dated September 21, 2026. Incident: Empire Tower Incident.
[Disaster Declaration #21901; MARYLAND Disaster Number MD-20016 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 Maryland dated September 21, 2026.
Incident:
Empire Tower Incident.
DATES:
Issued on September 21, 2026.
Incident Period:
July 09, 2026 and continuing.
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:
Milton Murphy, 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:
Anne Arundel.
Contiguous County:
Maryland: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Calvert, Howard, Kent, Prince George's, Queen Anne's, Talbot.
Independent City:
Maryland: Baltimore City.
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 219010.
The states which received an EIDL declaration are Maryland.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 60677
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 Maryland,” thefederalregister.org (September 24, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-19567/administrative-declaration-of-an-economic-injury-disaster-for-the-state-of-maryland.
lending.sba.gov
13 CFR 123.3(b)