# Administrative Declaration of an Economic Injury Disaster for the State of Louisiana
**AGENCY:**
Small Business Administration.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
This is a notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of Louisiana dated 03/21/2024.
*Incident:* Severe or Extreme Drought.
*Incident Period:* 09/19/2023 through 12/05/2023.
**DATES:**
Issued on 03/21/2024.
*Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:* 12/23/2024.
**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 Parishes:* Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, De Soto, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Iberville, Jackson, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lasalle, Lafayette, Lafourche, Lincoln, Livingston, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Orleans, Ouachita, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Tensas, Terrebonne, Union, Vermilion, Vernon, Washington, Webster, West Baton Rouge, West Carroll, West Feliciana, Winn.
*Contiguous Counties:*
Arkansas: Union, Ashley, Chicot, Columbia, Lafayette, Miller
Mississippi: Walthall, Claiborne, Jefferson, Marion, Adams, Warren, Pike, Harrison, Pearl River, Wilkinson, Amite, Issaquena, Hancock
Texas: Panola, Jefferson, Marion, Sabine, Orange, Shelby, Harrison, Cass, Newton
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 202320.
The States which received an EIDL Declaration are Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
Isabella Guzman,
Administrator.