E8-21269. Louisiana Disaster #LA-00020

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 Louisiana (FEMA-1786-DR), dated 09/02/2008.

Incident: Hurricane Gustav.

Incident Period: 09/01/2008 and continuing.

Effective Date: 09/02/2008.

Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 11/03/2008.

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 06/02/2009.

ADDRESSES:

Submit completed loan applications to: U.S. Small Business Administration, 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 09/02/2008, Private Non-Profit organizations that provide essential services of 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 Parishes:

Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, Sabine, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Saint Mary, St John The Baptist, Terrebonne, Vermilion, Vernon, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana.

Contiguous Parishes/Counties (Economic Injury Loans Only):

Louisiana: Calcasieu, Catahoula, Concordia, De Soto, Grant, La Salle, Natchitoches, Saint Helena, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa.

Mississippi: Amite, Wilkinson.

Texas: Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Sabine, Shelby.

The Interest Rates are:

	Percent
Other (Including Non-Profit Organizations) With Credit Available Elsewhere	5.250
Businesses and Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere	4.000
The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage and for economic injury is 11425.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers 59002 and 59008)

Roger B. Garland,

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance.