ATLANTA -
  
  The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations that
  
   June 18
  
  is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans in North Carolina as a result of excessive rain from Oct.1, through July 31, 2017.
  This disaster declaration includes the following counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Chowan, Hyde, Martin, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington in
  
   North 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, or 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. 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
  
   DisasterLoan.sba.gov
  
  .
  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 the SBA’s website at
  
   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.
  Completed loan applications must be returned to SBA no later than
  
June 18, 2018.
 
  ATLANTA -
 
 The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations that
 
  June 18
 
 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans in North Carolina as a result of excessive rain from Oct.1, through July 31, 2017.
 ATLANTA -
 June 18
 This disaster declaration includes the following counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Chowan, Hyde, Martin, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington in
 
  North Carolina
 
 .
 North 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, or 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. 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
 
  DisasterLoan.sba.gov
 
 .
 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 the SBA’s website at
 
  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.
 Completed loan applications must be returned to SBA no later than
 
June 18, 2018.
June 18, 2018.