# Administrative Declaration of an Economic Injury Disaster for the State of Maine
**AGENCY:**
U.S. Small Business Administration.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
This is a notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of Maine dated 11/06/2023.
*Incident:* Mass Shooting in Lewiston, Maine and Related Investigation.
*Incident Period:* 10/25/2023 through 10/27/2023.
**DATES:**
Issued on 11/06/2023.
*Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:* 08/06/2024.
**ADDRESSES:**
*Visit the MySBA Loan Portal at https://lending.sba.gov* to apply for a disaster assistance loan.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Alan 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 Administrator's EIDL declaration, applications for disaster loans may be submitted online using the MySBA Loan Portal *https://lending.sba.gov* or other locally announced locations. Please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center by email at *[email protected]* or by phone at 1-800-659-2955 for further assistance.
The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by the disaster:
*Primary Counties:* Androscoggin.
*Contiguous Counties:*
Maine: Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Sagadahoc.
The Interest Rates are:
| | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| Business and 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 economic injury is 200750.
The State which received an EIDL Declaration is Maine.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
Isabella Guzman,
Administrator.