# Administrative Declaration of a Disaster for the State of Tennessee
**AGENCY:**
U.S. Small Business Administration.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
This is notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Tennessee dated September 2, 2025.
*Incident:* Severe Storms and Flooding.
**DATES:**
Issued on September 2, 2025.
*Incident Period:* August 13, 2025.
*Physical Loan Application Deadline Date:* November 3, 2025.
*Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:* June 2, 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 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:* Hamilton.
*Contiguous Counties:*
Tennessee: Bledsoe, Bradley, Marion, Meigs, Rhea, Sequatchie.
Georgia: Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield.
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 |
| For Economic Injury: | |
| 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 212706 and for economic injury is 212710.
The States which received an Agency declaration are Georgia, Tennessee.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
(Authority: 13 CFR 123.3(b).)
James Stallings,
Associate Administrator.