[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 140 (Wednesday, July 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 39341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19489]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster #3104]


State of Florida

    As a result of the President's major disaster declaration on June 
18, 1998 for emergency assistance only, and an amendment thereto on 
July 3, 1998, as well as subsequent amendments adding Individual 
assistance, I find that the following counties in the State of Florida 
constitute a disaster area due to damages caused by extreme fire 
hazards beginning on May 25, 1998 and continuing: Alachua, Baker, Bay, 
Bradford, Brevard, Calhoun, Clay, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, 
Flagler, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Hernando, Holmes, Jackson, 
Lafayette, Lake, Lee, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Marion, Nassau, Okaloosa, 
Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Putnam, St. Johns, Seminole, Sumter, Suwannee, 
Taylor, Union, Volusia, Walton, and Washington. Applications for loans 
for physical damages as a result of this disaster may be filed until 
the close of business on September 1, 1998, and for loans for economic 
injury until the close of business on April 5, 1999 at the address 
listed below or other locally announced locations:

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: Charlotte, Collier, 
Franklin, Gadsden, Glades, Hendry, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian 
River, Jefferson, Leon, Okeechobee, Pinellas, Polk, Santa Rosa, and 
Wakulla Counties in Florida; Brooks, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Decatur, 
Echols, Lowndes, Seminole, and Ware Counties in Georgia; and Covington, 
Escambia, Geneva, and Houston Counties in Alabama.
    The interest rates are:

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                                                                Percent 
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For Physical Damage:.........................................           
  Homeowners with credit available elsewhere.................      7.000
  Homeowners without credit available elsewhere..............      3.500
  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.......................................      7.125
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 310405. 
For economic injury the numbers are 993100 for Florida; 993800 for 
Georgia; and 993900 for Alabama.

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

    Dated: July 14, 1998.
Bernard Kulik,
Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance.
[FR Doc. 98-19489 Filed 7-21-98; 8:45 am]
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