[Disaster Declaration #21966 and #21967; COLORADO Disaster Number CO-20032]
AGENCY:
U.S. Small Business Administration.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
This is notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the state of Colorado dated October 14, 2026.
Incident:
Aspen Acres Fire.
DATES:
Issued on October 14, 2026.
Incident Period:
June 29, 2026 and continuing.
Physical Loan Application Deadline Date:
December 14, 2026.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:
July 14, 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, 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 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 Counties:
Custer, Pueblo.
Contiguous Counties:
( printed page 66192)
Colorado: Crowley, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas, Lincoln, Otero, Saguache.
The Interest Rates are:
Percent
For Physical Damage:
Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere
5.750
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 219665 and for economic injury is 219670.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 66191
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 Colorado,” thefederalregister.org (October 19, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-21256/administrative-declaration-of-a-disaster-for-the-state-of-colorado.
lending.sba.gov
13 CFR 123.3(b)