# Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the Commonwealth of Virginia
**AGENCY:**
U.S. Small Business Administration.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Virginia (FEMA-4831-DR), dated October 1, 2024.
**DATES:**
Issued on October 1, 2024.
*Physical Loan Application Deadline Date:* December 2, 2024.
*Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:* July 1, 2025.
**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 President's major disaster declaration on 10/01/2024, 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.
*Incident:* Tropical Storm Helene.
*Incident Period:* September 25, 2024 and continuing.
The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by the disaster:
*Primary Counties (Physical Damage and Economic Injury Loans):* Giles, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wythe and the Independent City of Galax.
*Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury Loans Only):*
Virginia: Bland, Buchanan, Carroll, Craig, Montgomery, Pulaski, Russell, Scott and the Independent City of Bristol.
North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Surry.
Tennessee: Johnson, Sullivan.
West Virginia: McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Summers.
The Interest Rates are:
| | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| | |
| Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere | 5.625 |
| Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere | 2.813 |
| 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 207058 and for economic injury is 207060.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
Rafaela Monchek,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience.