Small Business Administration
- [Disaster Declaration #21934 and #21935; OHIO Disaster Number OH-20017]
AGENCY:
U.S. Small Business Administration.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
This is notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Ohio (FEMA-4945-DR), dated October 2, 2026.
Incident: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Landslides.
DATES:
Issued on October 2, 2026.
Incident Period: August 10, 2026 through August 22, 2026.
Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: December 1, 2026.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: July 2, 2027.
ADDRESSES:
Visit the MySBA Loan Portal at lending.sba.gov to apply for a disaster assistance loan.
lending.sba.govFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sharon Henderson, Office of Disaster Recovery, 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 President's major disaster declaration on October 2, 2026, 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 Counties (Physical Damage and Economic Injury Loans): Clermont, Franklin, Hamilton, Licking, Morgan, Muskingum, Perry.
Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury Loans Only):
Ohio: Athens, Brown, Butler, Clinton, Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Guernsey, Hocking, Knox, Madison, Noble, Pickaway, Union, Warren, Washington.
Indiana: Dearborn, Franklin.
Kentucky: Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Pendleton.
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 219346 and for economic injury is 219350.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
(Authority: 13 CFR 123.3(b).)
13 CFR 123.3(b)James Stallings,
Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2026-20544 Filed 10-6-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8026-09-P