# State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County and the contiguous counties of Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, and Union in the State of North Carolina, and Lancaster and York in the State of South Carolina constitute a disaster area due to damages caused by severe storms and flooding that occurred on June 7-8, 2003. Applications for loans for physical damage as a result of this disaster may be filed until the close of business on September 15, 2003 and for economic injury until the close of business on April 15, 2004 at the address listed below or other locally announced locations:
U.S. Small Business Administration, Disaster Area 2 Office, One Baltimore Place, Suite 300, Atlanta, GA 30308.
The interest rates are:
| | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| For Physical Damage: | |
| Homeowners with credit available elsewhere | 5.625 |
| Homeowners without credit available elsewhere | 2.812 |
| Businesses with credit available elsewhere | 5.906 |
| Businesses and non-profit organizations without credit available elsewhere | 2.953 |
| Others (including non-profit organizations) with credit available elsewhere | 5.500 |
| For Economic Injury: | |
| Businesses and small agricultural cooperatives without credit available elsewhere | 2.953 |
The numbers assigned to this disaster for physical damage are 352311 for North Carolina and 352411 for South Carolina. For economic damage, the numbers are 9W2600 for North Carolina and 9W2700 for South Carolina.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 59002 and 59008.)
Dated: July 15, 2003.
Hector V. Barreto,
Administrator.