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Administrative Declaration of an Economic Injury Disaster for the State of South Carolina

This is notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the state of South Carolina dated October 9, 2026. Incident: Walhalla Main Street Fire.

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Small Business Administration

[Disaster Declaration #21958; SOUTH CAROLINA Disaster Number SC-20026 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 South Carolina dated October 9, 2026.

Incident: Walhalla Main Street Fire.

DATES:

Issued on October 9, 2026.

Incident Period: September 17, 2026.

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: July 9, 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.

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: Oconee.

Contiguous Counties:

South Carolina: Anderson, Pickens.

Georgia: Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens.

North Carolina: Jackson, Macon, Transylvania.

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 219580.

The states which received an EIDL declaration are Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)

(Authority: 13 CFR 123.3(b).)

James Stallings,

Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery.

[FR Doc. 2026-21226 Filed 10-15-26; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8026-09-P

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“Administrative Declaration of an Economic Injury Disaster for the State of South Carolina,” thefederalregister.org (October 16, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-21226/administrative-declaration-of-an-economic-injury-disaster-for-the-state-of-south-carolina.