Notice is hereby given that as a result of the Administrator's disaster declaration, applications for disaster loans may be filed at the address listed above or other locally announced locations.

The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by the disaster:

Primary Counties:

     WORCESTER

Contiguous Counties:

MASSACHUSETTS

     FRANKLIN     HAMPDEN     HAMPSHIRE    MIDDLESEX    NORFOLK

CONNECTICUT

     TOLLAND     WINDHAM

NEW HAMPSHIRE

     CHESHIRE    HILLSBOROUGH

RHODE ISLAND

     PROVIDENCE

The Interest Rates are:

For Physical Damage:

HOMEOWNERS WITH CREDIT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE     3.375

HOMEOWNERS WITHOUT CREDIT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE     1.688

BUSINESSES WITH CREDIT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE     6.000

BUSINESSES WITHOUT CREDIT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE     4.000

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITH CREDIT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE     3.125

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT CREDIT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE     3.000

For Economic Injury:

BUSINESSES & SMALL AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES WITHOUT CREDIT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE     4.000

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT CREDIT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE     3.000

The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 13420 5 and for economic injury is 13421 0.

The States which received an EIDL Declaration # are MASSACHUSETTS  CONNECTICUT   NEW HAMPSHIRE   RHODE ISLAND

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers 59002 and 59008)

Karen G. Mills

Administrator