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BP to open claims office in Slidell Monday
The St. Tammany Parish government announced that the Slidell / St Tammany parish community outreach center will open to the public at 7 a.m. Monday for processing claims made in respect to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the resulting oil spill. The center is at 2040 Gause Blvd. Suite 10, of I-10.
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BP Spill Claims Process Inadequate, Fishermen Say (Update1)
May 21 (Bloomberg) — Commercial fishermen and coastal businesses losing income because of BP Plc’s uncontained oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico asked a federal judge to oversee the company’s process for paying interim damage claims.
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Arnold & Itkin LLP Forms Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Task Force to Investigate Damage Claims
Houston law firm assembles team of experts to evaluate environmental issues and commercial damages caused by ongoing Gulf Coast oil leak.
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NOAA downplays subsea oil plume claims
NEW ORLEANS, May 18 (UPI) — Reports about a large subsea oil plume coming from the sunken Deepwater Horizon oil rig are misleading and inaccurate, U.S. scientists said.
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Residents file Gulf of Mexico oil spill claims with BP in Slidell
David Chaix visited the BP claims center in Slidell on Tuesday and left with the assurance that he would receive a ,000 check in seven to 10 days. He’ll take it, but it won’t come close to covering what he…
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Despite admiral’s claims, fire booms that might have lessened oil spill not required equipment
There appears to be nothing in federal law that requires BP or any other oil company to have such booms on hand during drilling or production activities in U.S. waters, despite fire booms being labeled as a primary first-response option in federal documents.

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Administration to press BP to settle Gulf claims
The Obama administration is pressing oil giant BP to clarify how the company will cover costs relating to the Gulf oil spill, even as BP indicated it would pay “legitimate and objectively verifiable” claims. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says… Janet Napolitano – Presidency of Barack Obama – United States Secretary of Homeland Security – BP – Barack Obama

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BP Vows to Pay All Gulf Coast Oil Spill Damage Claims
BP Plc will compensate all those affected by an oil spill from one of its wells in the Gulf of Mexico, its Chief Executive said, accepting the disaster could hit plans to open new areas off the …

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