# Administrative Disaster Declaration of a Rural Area for the State of Louisiana
**AGENCY:**
U.S. Small Business Administration.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
This is notice of an Administrative disaster declaration of a rural area for the state of Louisiana dated April 8, 2026.
*Incident:* Louisiana Severe Winter Storm.
**DATES:**
Issued on April 8, 2026.
*Incident Period:* January 23, 2026 through January 27, 2026.
*Physical Loan Application Deadline Date:* June 8, 2026.
*Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:* January 8, 2027.
**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 and 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 of a rural area applications for disaster loans may be submitted online using the MySBA Loan Portal *https://lending.sba.gov* or in person at locally announced locations. For further assistance please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center by email at *[email protected]* or by phone at 1-800-659-2955. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services.
The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by the disaster:
*Primary Parish:* West Carroll.
The Interest Rates are:
| | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| | |
| Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere | 5.750 |
| Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere | 2.875 |
| Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere | 8.000 |
| Businesses without Credit Available Elsewhere | 4.000 |
| Private Non-Profit Organizations with Credit Available Elsewhere | 3.625 |
| Private Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere | 3.625 |
| | |
| Business and Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere | 4.000 |
| Private Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere | 3.625 |
The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 21486B and for economic injury is 214870.
The state which received an SBA Administrative rural declaration is Louisiana.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
(Authority:13 CFR 123.(b).)
James Stallings,
Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience.