# Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the State of Rhode Island; Correction
**AGENCY:**
Small Business Administration.
**ACTION:**
Correction.
**SUMMARY:**
This is a correction to the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Rhode Island (FEMA-4765-DR), dated 03/20/2024.
*Incident:* Severe Storm and Flooding.
*Incident Period:* 12/17/2023 through 12/19/2023.
**DATES:**
Issued on 04/04/2024.
*Physical Loan Application Deadline Date:* 05/20/2024.
*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:**
The notice of the President's major disaster declaration for the State of Rhode Island, dated 03/20/2024, published at 89 FR 21654, is hereby corrected to include Newport County, Rhode Island as a contiguous county as a result of the President's major disaster declaration on 03/20/2024. 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 (Physical Damage and Economic Injury Loans):* Kent, Providence, Washington.
*Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury Loans Only):*
Rhode Island: Bristol, Newport
Connecticut: Windham, New London
Massachusetts: Norfolk, Worcester, Bristol
The Interest Rates are:
| | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| | |
| Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere | 5.375 |
| Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewher | 2.688 |
| Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere | 8.000 |
| Businesses without Credit Available Elsewhere | 4.000 |
| Non-Profit Organizations with Credit Available Elsewhere | 3.250 |
| Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere | 3.250 |
| | |
| Business and Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere | 4.000 |
| Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere | 3.250 |
The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 201966 and for economic injury is 201970.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
Francisco Sánchez, Jr.,
Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience.