Disaster Declaration #21596 and #21597; ILLINOIS Disaster Number IL-20025]

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Disaster Declaration #21596 and #21597; ILLINOIS Disaster Number IL-20025] Administrative Declaration of a Disaster for the State of Illinois AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This is notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the state of Illinois dated May 18, 2026. Incident: Severe Storm and Tornado. DATES: Issued on May 18, 2026. Incident Period: April 17, 2026. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: July 17, 2026. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: February 18, 2027. ADDRESSES: Visit the MySBA Loan Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to apply for a disaster assistance loan. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Henderson, Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205-6734. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 County: Stephenson. Contiguous Counties: Illinois: Carroll, Jo Daviess, Ogle, Winnebago. Wisconsin: Green, Lafayette. 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 21596C and for economic injury is 215970. The states which received an SBA Administrative declaration are Illinois, Wisconsin. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008) (Authority: 13 CFR 123.3(b).) James Stallings, Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience. [FR Doc. 2026-10180 Filed 5-20-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8026-09-P