# 2026-16509: West Virginia Storms Get Extra Disaster Aid Nod

2026-16509, Presidential Declaration Amendment of a Major Disaster for the State of West Virginia, is a Federal Register notice from Small Business Administration published 2026-08-13, effective 2026-08-07; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-20).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16509
- As of: 2026-08-20
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-16509
- Title: Presidential Declaration Amendment of a Major Disaster for the State of West Virginia
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Small Business Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 52395
- Published: 2026-08-13
- Effective: 2026-08-07
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-20

## In one line

West Virginia Storms Get Extra Disaster Aid Nod

## Summary

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of West Virginia (FEMA-4932-DR), dated August 3, 2026. Incident: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides.

## Effects PRIA read

- New Counties Eligible for SBA Disaster Loans: benefit, medium. The SBA amendment adds Pleasants and Ritchie counties as Primary Counties eligible for Physical Damage and Economic Injury (EIDL) loans. It also adds contiguous counties eligible for Economic Injury loans only: Calhoun, Tyler, Wirt, and Wood in West Virginia and Washington County in Ohio, for damag…
- SBA Loan Deadlines and Application Portal: benefit, low. Disaster loan applications must be submitted through the MySBA Loan Portal at https://lending.sba.gov. The Physical Loan application deadline is October 3, 2026, and the Economic Injury (EIDL) loan application deadline is May 3, 2027.

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## Sources
- [2026-16509 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/13/2026-16509/presidential-declaration-amendment-of-a-major-disaster-for-the-state-of-west-virginia)
- [2026-16509 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-13/pdf/2026-16509.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16509 (as of 2026-08-20).