[Disaster Declaration #21906 and #21907; WASHINGTON Disaster Number WA-20036]
AGENCY:
U.S. Small Business Administration.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
This is notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the state of Washington dated September 22, 2026.
Incident:
Chelan Hills Wildfire.
DATES:
Issued on September 22, 2026.
Incident Period:
July 4, 2026 through July 10, 2026.
Physical Loan Application Deadline Date:
November 23, 2026.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:
June 22, 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, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205-6734.
( printed page 61019)
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 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:
Douglas.
Contiguous Counties:
Washington: Chelan, Grant, Kittitas, Okanogan.
The Interest Rates are:
Percent
For Physical Damage:
Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere
5.7502
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 219065 and for economic injury is 219070.
The states which received an SBA Administrative declaration are Washington.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 61018
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Administrative Declaration of a Disaster for the State of Washington,” thefederalregister.org (September 25, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-19670/administrative-declaration-of-a-disaster-for-the-state-of-washington.
lending.sba.gov
13 CFR 123.3(b)