# Administrative Declaration of a Disaster for the State of Georgia
**AGENCY:**
U.S. Small Business Administration.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of GEORGIA dated August 26, 2025.
*Incident:* Severe Storms and Flooding.
**DATES:**
Issued on August 26, 2025.
*Incident Period:* August 12, 2025.
*Physical Loan Application Deadline Date:* October 27, 2025.
*Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:* May 26, 2026.
**ADDRESSES:**
*Visit the MySBA Loan Portal at https://lending.sba.gov* to apply for a disaster assistance loan.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Sharon Henderson, 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:* Catoosa.
*Contiguous Counties:*
Georgia: Walker, Whitfield.
Tennessee: Hamilton.
The Interest Rates are:
| | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| | |
| Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere | 6.000 |
| Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere | 3.000 |
| 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 212516 and for economic injury is 212520 | |
| The States which received an EIDL Declaration are Georgia, Tennessee | |
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
(Authority: 13 CFR 1234.3(b).)
James Stallings,
Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience.