# Texas Disaster # TX-00195
**AGENCY:**
U.S. Small Business Administration.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Texas (FEMA—1658—DR), dated 08/15/2006.
*Incident:* Flooding.
*Incident Period:* 07/31/2006 and continuing.
*Effective Date:* 08/15/2006.
*Physical Loan Application Deadline Date:* 10/16/2006.
*Economic Injury (Eidl) Loan Application Deadline Date:* 05/15/2007.
**ADDRESSES:**
Submit completed loan applications to :
U.S. Small Business Administration, National Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
Notice is hereby given that as a result of the President's major disaster declaration on 08/15/2006, applications for disaster loans may be filed at the address listed above or other locally announced locations.
The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by the disaster:
*Primary Counties* (Physical Damage and Economic Injury Loans): El Paso
*Contiguous Counties* (Economic Injury Loans Only): Texas Hudspeth, New Mexico, Dona Ana Otero
The Interest Rates are:
| | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| For Physical Damage: | |
| Homeowners with credit available elsewhere | 6.250 |
| Homeowners without credit available elsewhere | 3.125 |
| Businesses with credit available elsewhere | 7.934 |
| Other (including non-profit organizations) with credit available elsewhere | 5.000 |
| Businesses and non-profit organizations without credit available elsewhere | 4.000 |
| For Economic Injury: | |
| Businesses & small agricultural cooperatives without credit available elsewhere | 4.000 |
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers 59002 and 59008)
Herbert L. Mitchell,
Associate Administrator, for Disaster Assistance.