[Disaster Declaration #21991; COLORADO Disaster Number CO-20038 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 Colorado dated October 23, 2026.
Incident:
Elk Fire.
DATES:
Issued on October 23, 2026.
Incident Period:
July 09, 2026 through October 01, 2026.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:
July 23, 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:
Hinsdale.
Contiguous Counties:
Colorado: Archuleta, Gunnison, La Plata, Mineral, Ouray, Saguache, San Juan.
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 219910.
The state which received an EIDL declaration is Colorado.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 67890
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 Colorado,” thefederalregister.org (October 28, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-21958/administrative-declaration-of-an-economic-injury-disaster-for-the-state-of-colorado.
lending.sba.gov
13 CFR 123.3(b)