ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and private nonprofit organizations in Burke, Columbia, Richmond and Screven counties in
  
   Georgia
  
  of the
  
   June 28, 2016
  
  deadline to apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) as a result of excessive rain and flooding that began on Oct., 2015.
  “These counties are eligible because they are contiguous to one or more primary counties in
  
   South Carolina
  
  . The Small Business Administration recognizes that disasters do not usually stop at county or state lines. For that reason, counties adjacent to primary counties named in the declaration are included,” said Frank Skaggs, director of SBA’s Field Operations Center East in Atlanta.
Under this declaration, the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is available to eligible farm-related and nonfarm-related entities that suffered financial losses as a direct result of this disaster. With the exception of aquaculture enterprises, SBA cannot provide disaster loans to agricultural producers, farmers and ranchers.
The loans are for working capital and can be up to $2 million with interest rates of 4 percent for eligible small businesses and 2.625 percent for nonprofit organizations, and terms up to 30 years.
The SBA determines eligibility based on the size of the applicant, type of activity and its financial resources. Loan amounts and terms are set by the SBA and are based on each applicant’s financial condition. These working capital loans may be used to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable, and other bills that could have been paid had the disaster not occurred. The loans are not intended to replace lost sales or profits.
  Applicants may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure website at
  
https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela
  
  .
  Disaster loan information and application forms may also be obtained by calling the SBA’s Customer Service Center at 800-659-2955 (800-877-8339 for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) or by sending an email to
  
   disastercustomerservice@sba.gov
  
  .  Loan applications can be downloaded from
  
www.sba.gov/disaster
  
  .  Completed applications should be mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
  Submit completed loan applications to SBA no later than
  
June 28, 2016
  
  .
 ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and private nonprofit organizations in Burke, Columbia, Richmond and Screven counties in
 
  Georgia
 
 of the
 
  June 28, 2016
 
 deadline to apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) as a result of excessive rain and flooding that began on Oct., 2015.
 Georgia
 June 28, 2016
 “These counties are eligible because they are contiguous to one or more primary counties in
 
  South Carolina
 
 . The Small Business Administration recognizes that disasters do not usually stop at county or state lines. For that reason, counties adjacent to primary counties named in the declaration are included,” said Frank Skaggs, director of SBA’s Field Operations Center East in Atlanta.
 South Carolina
Under this declaration, the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is available to eligible farm-related and nonfarm-related entities that suffered financial losses as a direct result of this disaster. With the exception of aquaculture enterprises, SBA cannot provide disaster loans to agricultural producers, farmers and ranchers.
The loans are for working capital and can be up to $2 million with interest rates of 4 percent for eligible small businesses and 2.625 percent for nonprofit organizations, and terms up to 30 years.
The SBA determines eligibility based on the size of the applicant, type of activity and its financial resources. Loan amounts and terms are set by the SBA and are based on each applicant’s financial condition. These working capital loans may be used to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable, and other bills that could have been paid had the disaster not occurred. The loans are not intended to replace lost sales or profits.
 Applicants may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure website at
 
https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela
 
 .
 Disaster loan information and application forms may also be obtained by calling the SBA’s Customer Service Center at 800-659-2955 (800-877-8339 for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) or by sending an email to
 
  disastercustomerservice@sba.gov
 
 .  Loan applications can be downloaded from
 
www.sba.gov/disaster
 
 .  Completed applications should be mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
 Submit completed loan applications to SBA no later than
 
June 28, 2016
 
 .
June 28, 2016
