# 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 March 19, 2025.
*Incident:* Welder Complex Fire.
**DATES:**
Issued on March 19, 2025.
*Incident Period:* March 4, 2025 through March 9, 2025.
*Physical Loan Application Deadline Date:* May 19, 2025.
*Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:* December 19, 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:* San Patricio
Contiguous Counties:
Texas: Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio
The Interest Rates are:
| | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| | |
| Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere | 5.500 |
| Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere | 2.750 |
| 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 209955 and for economic injury is 209960.
The States which received an EIDL Declaration are Texas.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
James Stallings,
Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience.