# Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the State of Tennessee
**AGENCY:**
Small Business Administration.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Tennessee (FEMA-4701-DR), dated 04/07/2023.
*Incident:* Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes.
*Incident Period:* 03/31/2023 through 04/01/2023.
**DATES:**
Issued on 04/07/2023.
*Physical Loan Application Deadline Date:* 06/06/2023.
*Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:* 01/08/2024.
**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 04/07/2023, 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):* Cannon, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Lewis, Macon, McNairy, Rutherford, Tipton, Wayne.
*Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury Loans Only):*
Tennessee: Bedford, Chester, Clay, Coffee, Crockett, Davidson, Decatur, Dekalb, Fayette, Henderson, Hickman, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Madison, Marshall, Maury, Perry, Shelby, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Warren, Williamson, Wilson.
Alabama: Lauderdale.
Arkansas: Crittenden, Mississippi.
Kentucky: Allen, Monroe.
Mississippi: Alcorn, Benton, Tippah, Tishomingo.
The Interest Rates are:
| | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| | |
| 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 |
| | |
| 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 17866 C and for economic injury is 17867 0.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
Francisco Sánchez, Jr.,
Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience.