# Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the State of Louisiana
**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 Louisiana (FEMA-4590-DR), dated 03/09/2021.
*Incident:* Severe Winter Storms.
*Incident Period:* 02/11/2021 through 02/19/2021.
**DATES:**
Issued on 03/09/2021.
*Physical Loan Application Deadline Date:* 05/10/2021.
*Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:* 12/09/2021.
**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, (202) 205-6734.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
Notice is hereby given that as a result of the President's major disaster declaration on 03/09/2021, 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 Parishes (Physical Damage and Economic Injury Loans):*
Avoyelles, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, De Soto, East Baton Rouge, Franklin, Grant, La Salle, Madison, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, Webster, West Carroll, Winn.
*Contiguous Parishes/Counties (Economic Injury Loans Only):*
Louisiana: Allen, Ascension, Beauregard, Caldwell, Cameron, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Iberville, Jackson, Jefferson Davis, Lincoln, Livingston, Morehouse, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, Saint Landry, Tensas, Union, Vernon, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana.
Arkansas: Chicot, Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union.
Mississippi: Adams, Warren, Wilkinson.
Texas: Cass, Harrison, Marion, Newton, Orange, Panola, Sabine, Shelby.
The Interest Rates are:
| | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| | |
| Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere | 2.500 |
| Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere | 1.250 |
| Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere | 6.000 |
| Businesses without Credit Available Elsewhere | 3.000 |
| Non-Profit Organizations with Credit Available Elsewhere | 2.000 |
| Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere | 2.000 |
| | |
| Businesses & Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere | 3.000 |
| Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere | 2.000 |
The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 16893 7 and for economic injury is 16894 0.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
Cynthia Pitts,
Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance.