05-8676. New Jersey Disaster #NJ-00001 Disaster Declaration

AGENCY:

U.S. Small Business Administration.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of New Jersey (FEMA—1588-DR), dated 04/19/2005.

Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding.

Incident Period: 04/01/2005 through 04/03/2005.

Effective Date: 04/19/2005.

Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 06/20/2005.

EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 01/19/2006.

ADDRESSES:

Submit completed loan applications to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Disaster Area Office 1, 360 Rainbow Blvd. South 3rd Floor, Niagara Falls, NY 14303.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice is hereby given that as a result of the President's major disaster declaration on 04/19/2005, applications for disaster loans may be filed 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:

Bergen, Essex, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren.

Contiguous Counties:

New Jersey: Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Salem, Somerset, and Union.

Delaware: New Castle.

New York: Bronx, New York, Orange, Rockland, and Westchester.

Pennsylvania: Bucks, Delaware, Monroe, Northampton, Philadelphia, and Pike.

The Interest Rates are:

	Percent
Homeowners with credit available elsewhere	5.875
Homeowners without credit available elsewhere	2.937
Businesses with credit available elsewhere	6.000
Businesses & small agricultural cooperatives without credit available elsewhere	4.000
Other (including non-profit organizations) with credit available elsewhere	4.750
Businesses and non-profit organizations without credit available elsewhere	4.000

The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 101136 and for economic injury is 101140.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers 59002 and 59008)

Herbert L. Mitchell,

Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance.