The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding businesses in South Carolina that working capital loans are still available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and private nonprofit organizations affected by Hurricane Matthew Oct. 4 - 30, 2016. “Businesses that suffered economic losses as a result of the disaster and want to apply for low-interest loans from the SBA are urged to do so before the July 12 deadline,” said Frank Skaggs, director of SBA Field Operations Center East. Low-interest disaster loans are available in the following counties: Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington, Dillon, Dorchester, Florence, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, Richland, Orangeburg, Sumter and Williamsburg in South Carolina; Burke, Chatham, Effingham and Screven in Georgia; and Anson, Brunswick, Columbus, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland and Union in North Carolina.