U.S. Small Business Administration.
This is notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania dated March 4. 2026.
Incident:
Hotel Hampton Fire.
Issued on March 4. 2026.
Incident Period:
February 20, 2026.
Physical Loan Application Deadline Date:
May 4, 2026.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:
December 4, 2026.
Notice is hereby given as a result of the Administrator’s disaster declaration, applications for disaster loans may be submitted online using the MySBA Loan Portal
https://lending.sba.gov
or in person at other locally announced locations. For further assistance please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center by email at
disastercustomerservice@sba.gov
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 Counties:
Northampton.
Contiguous Counties:
Pennsylvania: Bucks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe.
New Jersey: Warren.
The Interest Rates are:
| Percent | |
|---|---|
| For Physical Damage: | |
| 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 |
| For Economic Injury: | |
| 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 214525 and for economic injury is 214530.
The state and commonwealth which received an SBA Administrative declaration are New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
(Authority: 13 CFR 123.3(b).)
James Stallings,
Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience.
