# Administrative Declaration of a Disaster for the State of Texas
**AGENCY:**
U.S. Small Business Administration.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Texas dated January 16, 2025.
*Incident:* Severe Storm, Tornadoes, and Straight-line Winds.
**DATES:**
Issued on January 16, 2025.
*Incident Period:* December 28, 2024.
*Physical Loan Application Deadline Date:* March 17, 2025.
*Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:* October 16, 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 Administrator's disaster 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:* Brazoria, Montgomery.
*Contiguous Counties:*
Texas: Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, San Jacinto, Walker, Waller, Wharton.
The Interest Rates are:
| | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| | |
| Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere | 5.125 |
| Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere | 2.563 |
| Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere | 8.000 |
| Businesses without Credit Available Elsewhere | 4.000 |
| Non-Profit Organizations with Credit Available Elsewhere | 3.625 |
| Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere | 3.625 |
| | |
| Business and Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere | 4.000 |
| Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere | 3.625 |
The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 20960C and for economic injury is 209610.
The State which received an EIDL Declaration is Texas.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
Everett Woodel,
Acting Administrator.