Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the State of Arkansas

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U.S. Small Business Administration.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Arkansas (FEMA-4865-DR), dated May 8, 2025.

Incident: Severe Storms and Tornadoes.

Issued on May 8, 2025.

Incident Period: March 14, 2025 through March 15, 2025.

Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: July 7, 2025.

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: February 9, 2026.

Notice is hereby given that as a result of the President's major disaster declaration on May 8, 2025, 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 (Physical Damage and Economic Injury Loans): Greene, Hot Spring, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp, Stone.

Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury Loans Only):

Arkansas: Baxter, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Cross, Dallas, Fulton, Garland, Grant, Montgomery, Poinsett, Saline, Searcy, Van Buren, White, Woodruff.

Missouri: Dunklin, Oregon, Ripley.

The Interest Rates are:

Percent

For Physical Damage:
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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
For Economic Injury:
Business and Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere	4.000
Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere	3.625