2024-07769. Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the State of Rhode Island; Correction

AGENCY:

Small Business Administration.

ACTION:

Correction.

SUMMARY:

This is a correction to the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Rhode Island (FEMA-4765-DR), dated 03/20/2024.

Incident: Severe Storm and Flooding.

Incident Period: 12/17/2023 through 12/19/2023.

DATES:

Issued on 04/04/2024.

Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 05/20/2024.

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 12/23/2024.

ADDRESSES:

Visit the MySBA Loan Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to apply for a disaster assistance loan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alan Escobar, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The notice of the President's major disaster declaration for the State of Rhode Island, dated 03/20/2024, published at 89 FR 21654, is hereby corrected to include Newport County, Rhode Island as a contiguous county as a result of the President's major disaster declaration on 03/20/2024. Applications for disaster loans may be submitted online using the MySBA Loan Portal https://lending.sba.gov or other locally announced locations. Please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center by email at [e-mail] or by phone at 1-800-659-2955 for further assistance.

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

Primary Counties (Physical Damage and Economic Injury Loans): Kent, Providence, Washington.

Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury Loans Only):

Rhode Island: Bristol, Newport

Connecticut: Windham, New London

Massachusetts: Norfolk, Worcester, Bristol

The Interest Rates are:

	Percent
For Physical Damage:
Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere	5.375
Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewher	2.688
Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere	8.000
Businesses without Credit Available Elsewhere	4.000
Non-Profit Organizations with Credit Available Elsewhere	3.250
Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere	3.250
For Economic Injury:
Business and Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere	4.000
Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere	3.250

The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 201966 and for economic injury is 201970.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)

Francisco Sánchez, Jr.,

Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience.