Oil Spill Update
August 25, 2010
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Gulf Coast Claims Facility Administrator Kenneth R. Feinberg announced on Monday that the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) is fully functioning and will begin to process claims for emergency payment. All supporting documentation has been transferred from BP to the GCCF, which is an independent facility run by Feinberg. Claimants will be required to file new forms with the GCCF to receive payments. If you have an existing BP claim number, you will need the number in order to request your new GCCF identification number online. New claims will be assigned a GCCF identification number. The goal of the GCCF is to have every claim reviewed within 48 hours for individuals and 7 days for businesses after receipt of the claim form and sufficient supporting documentation. You can file your claim through the website below, by visiting a GCCF Claims Site Office (listing of locations is on their website), by mail, fax or e-mail. You may contact the GCCF directly at www.GulfCoastClaimsFacility.com or (800) 916-4893. |
Important Phone Numbers For Citizens
- Report oil on the beach or shoreline:
1-877-389-8932 or #DEP from a cell phone - To report oiled wildlife: 1-866-557-1401
- BP Claims: 1-800-440-0858
- To report damaged, vandalized, adrift or stolen boom:
1-866-448-5816 or 1-800-320-0519 - Escambia County Citizen's Information Line: 471-6600
- Florida Oil Spill Information Line:
1-888-337-3569
Important Links
- www.gulfcoastclaimsfacility.com
- www.MyFloridaCFO.com
- EPA local air quality conditions and reports
- Congress Jeff Miller's Deepwater Horizon Hub site
- Florida DEP web site
- BP fact sheet with additional information.
- For more information about the response and recovery efforts and to sign up for updates from the Joint Information Center, go to http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com.
- For more links to responding organizations and contact information and older news releases, see the official Escambia County disaster response site, www.EscambiaDisasterResponse.com.
Escambia County Office of Public Information and Communications 850-595-3476
For more links to responding organizations and contact information, see the official Escambia County disaster response site, Escambia Disaster Response, Florida.