# Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the State of Mississippi
**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 Mississippi (FEMA-4697-DR), dated 03/26/2023.
*Incident:* Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes.
*Incident Period:* 03/24/2023 through 03/25/2023.
**DATES:**
Issued on 03/26/2023.
*Physical Loan Application Deadline Date:* 05/25/2023.
*Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:* 12/26/2023.
**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 Recovery & Resilience, 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 03/26/2023, 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):* Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe, Sharkey.
*Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury Loans Only):*
Mississippi: Attala, Chickasaw, Clay, Grenada, Holmes, Issaquena, Itawamba, Lee, Leflore, Lowndes, Montgomery, Sunflower, Washington, Yazoo.
Alabama: Lamar, Marion.
The Interest Rates are:
| | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| For Physical Damage: | |
| Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere | 4.750 |
| Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere | 2.375 |
| Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere | 8.000 |
| Businesses without Credit Available Elsewhere | 4.000 |
| Non-Profit Organizations with Credit Available Elsewhere | 2.375 |
| Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere | 2.375 |
| For Economic Injury: | |
| Businesses & Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere | 4.000 |
| Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere | 2.375 |
The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 17836 C and for economic injury is 17837 0.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
Francisco Sánchez, Jr.,
Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience.