[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50241-50242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24555]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Declaration of Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan 
#T301

    As a result of the Declaration of National Emergency by Reason of 
Certain Terrorist Attacks at the World Trade Center, New York, New 
York, and the Pentagon, and the continuing and immediate threat of 
further attacks on the United States, President George W. Bush declares 
that the national emergency has existed since September 11, 2001. This 
notice establishes the application filing period for the Military 
Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. Effective September 
11, 2001, small businesses employing military reservists may apply for 
economic injury disaster loans if those employees are called up to 
active duty during a period of military conflict existing on or after 
September 11, 2001, those employees are essential to the success of the 
small business daily operations and the business has suffered or is 
likely to

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suffer substantial economic injury as a result of the absence of the 
essential employee. The filing period for small businesses to apply for 
economic injury loan assistance under the Military Reservist Economic 
Injury Disaster Loan Program begins on the date the essential employee 
is ordered to active duty and ends on the date 90 days after the 
essential employee is discharged or released from active duty.
    This Declaration includes the States of: Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, 
Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New 
Mexico, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.
    Applications for loans for military reservist economic injury loans 
may be obtained and filed at the address listed below: U.S. Small 
Business Administration, Disaster Area 3 Office, 4400 Amon Carter 
Blvd., Suite 102, FT. Worth, TX 76155, 1-800-366-6303.
    The interest rate for eligible small businesses is 4 percent. The 
number assigned for economic injury is T30100.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 59002.)

    Dated: September 24, 2001.
Herbert L. Mitchell,
Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance.
[FR Doc. 01-24555 Filed 10-1-01; 8:45 am]
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