2023-19445. Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the State of Florida

AGENCY:

Small Business Administration.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Florida (FEMA–4734–DR), dated 08/31/2023.

Incident: Hurricane Idalia.

Incident Period: 08/27/2023 and continuing.

DATES:

Issued on 08/31/2023.

Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 10/30/2023.

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 05/31/2024.

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 Recovery & Resilience, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205–6734.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice is hereby given that as a result of the President's major disaster declaration on 08/31/2023, 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 (Physical Damage and Economic Injury Loans): Citrus, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Suwannee, Taylor.

Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury Loans Only):

Florida: Alachua, Columbia, Gilchrist, Hernando, Jefferson, Madison, Marion, Sumter.

Georgia: Echols, Lowndes.

The Interest Rates are:

	Percent
For Physical Damage:
Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere	5.000
Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere	2.500
Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere	8.000
Businesses without Credit Available Elsewhere	4.000
Non-Profit Organizations with Credit Available Elsewhere	2.375
Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere	2.375
For Economic Injury:
Businesses & Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere	4.000
Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere	2.375

The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 18118 8 and for economic injury is 18119 0.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)

Francisco Sánchez, Jr.,

Associate Administrator Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience.