[Federal Register: July 22, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 140)] [Notices] [Page 39341] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr22jy98-96] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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] BILLING CODE 8025-01-P