# Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the State of Puerto Rico
**AGENCY:**
Small Business Administration.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of PUERTO RICO (FEMA—4649—DR), dated 03/29/2022.
*Incident:* Severe Storms, Flooding and Landslides.
*Incident Period:* 02/04/2022 through 02/06/2022.
**DATES:**
Issued on 03/29/2022.
*Physical Loan Application Deadline Date:* 05/31/2022.
*Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:* 12/29/2022.
**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 03/29/2022, 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):* Catano, Dorado, Toa Baja, Vega Alta, Vega Baja.
*Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury Loans Only):*
Puerto Rico: Bayamon, Corozal, Guaynabo, Manati, Morovis, San Juan, Toa Alta.
The Interest Rates are:
| | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| | |
| Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere | 2.875 |
| Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere | 1.438 |
| Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere | 5.880 |
| Businesses without Credit Available Elsewhere | 2.940 |
| Non-Profit Organizations with Credit Available Elsewhere | 1.875 |
| Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere | 1.875 |
| | |
| Businesses & Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere | 2.940 |
| Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere | 1.875 |
The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 17381 6 and for economic injury is 17382 0.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
Cynthia Pitts,
Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance.