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The U.S. Small Business Administration declared in the week that federal economic injury catastrophe financial loans are offered to smaller businesses, small farming cooperatives, small companies engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit firms of any size found in the counties of Dillon and Horry in South Carolina as a consequence of Hurricane Irene which came about in August.

“These counties are eligible because they are contiguous to one or more primary counties in North 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,” announced Frank Skaggs, director of SBA’s Field Operations Center East in Atlanta.

“When the Secretary of Agriculture issues a disaster declaration to help farmers recover from damages and losses to crops, the Small Business Administration issues a declaration to assist eligible entities affected by the same disaster,” explained Skaggs.

Under this declaration, the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is accessible to qualified farm-related and also nonfarm-related companies that suffered monetary losses being a direct result of this calamity. Aside from aquacultural enterprises, agricultural companies, farmers and also ranchers are definitely not eligible to apply to SBA.

Loan options for small business can be up to $2 million, with interest rates of 3 percent for non-profit organizations and 4 percent for small businesses. Terms can be up to 30 years. The SBA determines eligibility dependant upon the size of the prospect, form of endeavor as well as financial means. The agency identifies loan levels and terms dependent upon every applicant’s financial affliction. SBA small business loan may be used to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable, and other bills that could have been paid had the disaster not occurred. The small business financing loan is not intended to replace lost sales or profits.