[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 56371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24687]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster 3550]


Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

    As a result of the President's major disaster declaration for 
Public Assistance on August 23, 2003, and subsequent amendments closing 
the incident period effective September 12, 2003 and adding Individual 
Assistance on September 19, 2003, I find that Lackawanna County in the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania constitutes a disaster area due to damages 
caused by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding that occurred on July 
21, 2003 and continuing through September 12, 2003. Applications for 
loans for physical damage as a result of this disaster may be filed 
until the close of business on November 18, 2003 and for economic 
injury until the close of business on June 21, 2004 at the address 
listed below or other locally announced locations:

U.S. Small Business Administration, Disaster Area 1 Office, 360 
Rainbow Blvd. South, 3rd Floor, Niagara Falls, NY 14303.

    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: Luzerne, Monroe, 
Susquehanna, Wayne, and Wyoming in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
    The interest rates are:

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                                                                 Percent
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For Physical Damage:
  Homeowners with credit available elsewhere..................     5.125
  Homeowners without credit available elsewhere...............     2.562
  Businesses with credit available elsewhere..................     6.199
  Businesses and non-profit organizations without credit           3.100
   available Elsewhere........................................
  Others (including non-profit organizations) with credit          5.500
   available elsewhere........................................
For Economic Injury:
  Businesses and small agricultural cooperatives without           3.100
   credit available elsewhere.................................
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    The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 355011. 
For economic injury, the number is 9X1200.

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

    Dated: September 23, 2003.
Cheri L. Cannon,
Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-24687 Filed 9-29-03; 8:45 am]
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