# Texas Disaster # TX-00251
**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-1697-DR), dated 05/01/2007.
*Incident:* Severe Storms and Tornadoes.
*Incident Period:* 04/21/2007 through 04/24/2007.
*Effective Date:* 05/01/2007.
*Physical Loan Application Deadline Date:* 07/02/2007.
*Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:* 02/01/2008.
**ADDRESSES:**
*Submit completed loan applications to:* U.S. Small Business Administration 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 05/01/2007, 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):
Maverick, Moore, Swisher.
Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury Loans Only):
Texas, Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Dallam, Dimmit, Floyd, Hale, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Kinney, Oldham, Potter, Randal, Sherman, Uvalde, Webb, Zavala.
*The Interest Rates are:*
| | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| For Physical Damage: | |
| Homeowners With Credit Available Elsewhere | 5.750 |
| Homeowners Without Credit Available Elsewhere | 2.875 |
| Businesses With Credit Available Elsewhere | 8.000 |
| Other (Including Non-Profit Organizations) With Credit Available Elsewhere | 5.250 |
| 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.