[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 34097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16522]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster #2956]


State of Mississippi

    As a result of the President's major disaster declaration on June 
13, 1997, I find that the Counties of Bolivar, Tunica, Warren, and 
Washington in the State of Mississippi constitute a disaster area due 
to damages caused by flooding beginning on February 28 and continuing 
through April 21, 1997. Applications for loans for physical damages may 
be filed until the close of business on August 14, 1997, and for loans 
for economic injury until the close of business on March 13, 1998 at 
the address listed below or other locally announced locations: U.S. 
Small Business Administration, Disaster Area 2 Office, One Baltimore 
Place, Suite 300, Atlanta, GA 30308.
    In addition, applications for economic injury loans from small 
businesses located in the following contiguous counties may be filed 
until the specified date at the above location: Claiborne, Coahoma, 
DeSoto, Hinds, Humphreys, Issaquena, Panola, Quitman, Sharkey, 
Sunflower, Tate, and Yazoo Counties in Mississippi; Chico, Crittenden, 
Desha, Lee, and Phillips Counties in Arkansas; and East Carroll, 
Madison and Tensas Parishes in Louisiana.
    Interest rates are:

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                                                                Percent 
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For Physical Damage:                                                    
    Homeowners with credit available elsewhere..............       7.625
    Homeowners without credit available elsewhere...........       3.875
    Businesses with credit available elsewhere..............       8.000
    Businesses and non-profit organizations without credit              
     available elsewhere....................................       4.000
    Others (including non-profit organizations) with credit             
     available elsewhere....................................       7.250
For Economic Injury: Businesses and small agricultural                  
 cooperatives without credit available elsewhere                   4.000
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    The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 295606. 
For economic injury, the numbers are 951700 for Mississippi; 951800 for 
Arkansas; and 951900 for Louisiana.

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

    Dated: June 17, 1997.
Bernard Kulik,
Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance.
[FR Doc. 97-16522 Filed 6-23-97; 8:45 am]
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