[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 33563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13983]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Notice of Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loans (Pilot Program)

    As a result of the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loans Final Rule 
published in the Federal Register October 7, 2002, the SBA is 
announcing the availability of Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loans. This 
notice establishes the application filing period for Pre-Disaster 
Mitigation Loans. Effective June 16, 2003, small businesses located in 
eligible participating communities determined by the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency may apply for low interest, fixed rate loans for the 
purpose of implementing mitigation measures that will protect their 
commercial real property (building) or leasehold improvements or 
contents from disaster related damage. The filing period for small 
businesses to apply for Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loans ends on July 16, 
2003. The interest rate for eligible small businesses is 2.953 percent.
    Applications for Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loans may be obtained and 
filed at the addresses listed below:

    U.S. Small Business Administration, Disaster Area 1 Office, 360 
Rainbow Blvd., South, 3rd Fl., Niagara Falls, NY 14303, 1-800-659-
2955.
    Area 1 serves the following: Connecticut, District of Columbia, 
Delaware, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, 
New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, West 
Virginia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (Dec.  M103).

    U.S. Small Business Administration, Disaster Area 2 Office, One 
Baltimore Place, Suite 300, Atlanta, GA 30308, 1-800-359-2227.
    Area 2 serves the following: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, 
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, North 
Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin (Dec.  
M203).

    U.S. Small Business Administration, Disaster Area 3 Office, 4400 
Amon Carter Blvd., Suite 102, Ft. Worth, TX 75155, 1-800-366-6303.
    Area 3 serves the following: Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, 
Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, 
South Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming (Dec.  M303).

    U.S. Small Business Administration, Disaster Area 4 Office, P.O. 
Box 13795, Sacramento, CA 95853-4795. 1-800-488-5323.
    Area 4 serves the following: Alaska, Arizona, California, 
Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, the 
Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Republic of the Marshall 
Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Dec. 
 M403).


(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 59008.)

    Dated: May 28, 2003.
Herbert L. Mitchell,
Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-13983 Filed 6-3-03; 8:45 am]
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