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SBA Disaster Assistance -- Field Operations Center- East - One Baltimore
Place, Suite 300 - Atlanta, GA 30308

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**Release Date:** June 19, 2007 **Contact:** Michael Lampton

**Release Number:** 07-485, NJ 10855/10856 **Phone:** 404-347-3771

**SBA DISASTER ASSISTANCE CENTERS TO CLOSE JUNE 21;**

**N.J. LOAN APPROVALS TOP \$17 MILLION**

**TRENTON, N.J.** --The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
announced today that due to a steady decrease of activity, the Disaster
Loan Outreach Centers (DLOCs) located in Camden, Burlington, Gloucester,
Middlesex, Passaic and Essex counties will close **Thursday, June 21,
2007** at the close of business. The DLOCs located in Bergen and
Somerset counties will remain open until further notice.

The SBA also announced that disaster assistance loan approvals for
homeowners, renters and business owners in New Jersey who were affected
by the Presidentially declared disaster for severe storms and flooding
April 14-20, 2007 have topped \$17.6 million.

"As a major partner in the disaster recovery process, we are pleased to
be able to get these loans approved so the residents of New Jersey can
start rebuilding and begin resuming their normal lives," said Frank
Skaggs, Director of the SBA Field Operations Center East. "SBA is the
primary source of long-term recovery assistance for restoring and
rebuilding homes, personal property, non-farm businesses of all sizes
and private non-profit organizations and sustained losses," he added.

The SBA urges disaster victims to visit the Centers before the closings
to obtain one-on-one assistance and information about SBA's disaster
assistance program. The SBA also encourages those victims who received
applications to return the completed applications as quickly as
possible.

The following DLOCs will cease operations at the close of business,
Thursday, June 21:

**Camden County                                            Burlington
County**

Pennsauken Fire Dept                                     Lumberton
Municipal Building

8362 Stockton Ave                                          34 Municipal
Drive

Pennsauken, NJ 08109 Lumberton, NJ 08048

Open Tuesday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Open Tuesday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to
5 p.m.

Closes Thursday, June 21 at close of business Closes Thursday, June 21
at close of business

**Gloucester County                                         Middlesex
County**

Gloucester County Government Services        Piscataway Township Fire
Training Center

1200 North Delsea Drive (RT. 47)                    Corner of Baekeland
& Clawson Rd (across from 23 Clawson)

Clayton, NJ 08312                                           Piscataway,
NJ 08854

Open Tuesday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Open Tuesday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to
5 p.m.

Closes Thursday, June 21 at close of business Closes Thursday, June 21
at close of business

**Passaic County                                              Essex
County**

Thomas Roger Building                                    Fairfield
Community Center

2 Market Street 2^nd^ Floor                                  376
Hollywood Ave

Paterson, NJ 07501                                         Fairfield, NJ
07004

Open Tuesday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Open Tuesday-Thursday, 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.

Closes Thursday, June 21 at close of business Closes Thursday, June 21
at close of business

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**NJ 10855**

**SBA DISASTER OFFICES CLOSE; \$17 MILLION MILESTONE REACHED**

The following DLOCs will remain open until further notice:

**Bergen County                                               Somerset
County**

Lodi Municipal Building                                     St Paul's
Episcopal Church

One Memorial Drive                                          214 Church
Street

Lodi, NJ 07644                                                 Bound
Brook, NJ 08805

Open 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. until further notice Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
until further notice

"We want to express our sincere gratitude to the staffs of the
Pennsauken Fire Department, Lumberton Municipal Building, Gloucester
County Government Services, Piscataway Township Fire Training Center,
Thomas Roger Building, and Fairfield Community Center," Skaggs said. "By
providing facilities for our Disaster Loan Outreach Centers, they have
helped disaster victims in their respective communities. We deeply
appreciate their generosity."

Anyone unable to visit one of the Centers may obtain an application by
calling the SBA's Customer Service Center at 1-800-659-2955
(1-800-877-8339 for the hearing-impaired), Monday through Friday from 8
a.m. until 9 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT Business
loan applications can also be downloaded from the SBA website at
[www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance](http://www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance)[.]{.underline}
Completed applications should be returned to one of the Centers or
mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and
Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX. 76155.

**The application deadline for physical damage is June 25, 2007. The
deadline for economic injury applications is January 28, 2008.**

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*For more information about the SBA's Disaster Loan Programs, visit our
website at
[www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance](http://www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance)*