E5-6837. North Carolina Disaster No. NC-00004

AGENCY:

U.S. Small Business Administration.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of North Carolina ( FEMA-1608-DR), dated October 7, 2005.

Incident: Hurricane Ophelia.

Incident Period: September 11, 2005 through September 17, 2005.

Effective Date: October 7, 2005.

Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: December 6, 2005.

ADDRESSES:

Submit completed loan applications to: U.S. Small Business Administration, National Processing And Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice is hereby given that as a result of the President's major disaster declaration on October 7, 2005, applications for Private Non-Profit organizations that provide essential services of a governmental nature may file disaster loan applications at the address listed above or other locally announced locations.

The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by the disaster:

Primary Counties:

Brunswick, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Jones, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender.

The Interest Rates are:

	Percent
Other (Including Non-Profit Organizations) with Credit Available Elsewhere	4.750
Business and Non-profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere	4.000

The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 10265.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)

Cheri L. Cannon,

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance.