01-7170. State of Washington; (Amendment # 2)

In accordance with a notice received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, dated March 16, 2001, the above-numbered Declaration is hereby amended to include Cowlitz, Island, Jefferson, Pacific, Skagit, Skamania, Wahkiakum, and Yakima counties in the State of Washington as disaster areas due to damages caused by the earthquake on February 28, 2001.

In addition, applications for economic injury loans from small businesses located in Benton, Clallam, Clark, Grant, Klickitat, Okanogan and Whatcom counties in the State of Washington; Clatsup, Columbia, Hood River, and Multnoman in the State of Oregon may be filed until the specified date at the previously designated location. Any counties contiguous to the above named primary counties and not listed here have been previously declared.

The number assigned for economic injury in the State of Oregon is 9L0200.

All other information remains the same, i.e., the deadline for filing applications for physical damage is April 30, 2001 and for economic injury the deadline is November 30, 2001.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 59002 and 59008)

Dated: March 19, 2001.

Herbert L. Mitchell,

Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance.