[Federal Register: April 15, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 72)] [Notices] [Page 18483] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr15ap98-156] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION [Declaration of Economic Injury Disaster #9827] Commonwealth of Massachusetts (And Contiguous Counties in Connecticut, New York, and Vermont) Berkshire County and the contiguous Counties of Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire in Massachusetts; Litchfield County, Connecticut; Columbia, Dutchess, and Rensselear Counties in New York; and Bennington County, Vermont constitute an economic injury disaster loan area as a result of a fire that occurred on March 29, 1998 in the City of Williamstown. Eligible small businesses and small agricultural cooperatives without credit available elsewhere may file applications for economic injury assistance as a result of this disaster until the close of business on January 7, 1999 at the address listed below or other locally announced locations: U.S. Small Business Administration, Disaster Area 1 Office, 360 Rainbow Blvd. South, 3rd Fl., Niagara Falls, NY 14303. The interest rate for eligible small businesses and small agricultural cooperatives is 4 percent. The economic injury numbers are 982800 for Connecticut, 982900 for New York, and 983000 for Vermont. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 59002.) Date: April 7, 1998. Aida Alvarez, Administrator. [FR Doc. 98-9962 Filed 4-14-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8025-01-P