More Disaster Areas Declared

LOUISIANA STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
OFFICE OF STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

LOAN PROGRAM BULLETIN

TO:
Lenders and Schools
DATE:
March 12, 1997
TOPIC:
More Disaster Areas Declared

 

To assure that your Common Manual remains current, please record this document on your LPM/LPB Index, and retain it in Appendix E of your manual.

On March 2, 1997, the following nine counties in Arkansas were declared to be disaster areas because of severe storms, tornadoes, and flood-related problems that began on March 1:

ARKANSAS:
Clark, Cross, Greene, Hempstead, Jackson, Lonoke, Nevada, Pulaski, and Saline.

On March 4, 1997, the following 14 counties in Ohio were declared to be disaster areas because of severe flooding that struck those areas beginning February 28. Also on March 4, the following 9 counties in Kentucky were declared to be disaster areas because of severe flooding that began in those counties on March 1:

OHIO:
Adams, Athens, Brown, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Vinton, and Washington.

KENTUCKY:
Bourbon, Bracken, Bullitt, Franklin, Hardin, Harrison, Jefferson, Pendleton, and Powell.

The list of designated disaster areas for borrower-initiated 90-day forbearances under the guidelines first outlined in LOSFA’s January 28, 1997 LPB is complete as of the date of this letter. We will notify you if additional areas are designated by the President or the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after the date of this letter. Lenders and guaranty agencies may contact the Department's toll-free number at 1-800-433-7327, Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST for further updates.

 

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