BP Complaints

Key contact numbers

• Report oiled shoreline or request volunteer information: (866) 448-5816
• Submit alternative response technology, services or products: (281) 366-5511 
• Submit a claim for damages: (800) 916-4893
• Report oiled wildlife: (866) 557-1401

Deepwater Horizon Incident
Joint Information Center

Phone: (713) 323-1670
(713) 323-1671

Key contact numbers

• Report oiled shoreline or request volunteer information: (866) 448-5816
• Submit alternative response technology, services or products: (281) 366-5511 
• Submit a claim for damages: (800) 916-4893
• Report oiled wildlife: (866) 557-1401

Deepwater Horizon Incident
Joint Information Center

Phone: (713) 323-1670
(713) 323-1671

CHALMETTE, La. – Environmental Protection Agency Superfund Region 6 Director Sam Coleman (right photo, center) discussed the federal government’s rigorous efforts to ensure seafood safety after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and listened to the concerns of fishermen during a dockside chat on Aug. 26, 2010. U.S. officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Food and Drug Administration, the Food and Drug Administration and the state of Louisiana were on hand for the discussion. U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew S. Masaschi.

Key contact numbers

• Report oiled shoreline or request volunteer information: (866) 448-5816
• Submit alternative response technology, services or products: (281) 366-5511 
• Submit a claim for damages: (800) 440-0858
• Report oiled wildlife: (866) 557-1401

Deepwater Horizon Incident
Joint Information Center

Phone: (713) 323-1670
(713) 323-1671

GULF SHORES, Ala. – Two Great Blue Herons were released Saturday at the 6,150-acre Gulf State Park on Shelby Lake near Gulf Shores. Richard Looney, Carissa Kent and Ken Rice are shown from left to right releasing two herons.

Two other birds – a Royal Tern and a Laughing Gull – also were released. The birds were cleaned at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Theodore, Alabama.

So far, nearly 1,000 birds have been cleaned up at four wildlife rehabilitation centers from Louisiana to Florida.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo.

Key contact numbers

• Report oiled shoreline or request volunteer information: (866) 448-5816
• Submit alternative response technology, services or products: (281) 366-5511 
• Submit a claim for damages: (800) 440-0858
• Report oiled wildlife: (866) 557-1401

Deepwater Horizon Incident
Joint Information Center

Phone: (713) 323-1670
(713) 323-1671

GRAND ISLE, La. – Local Grand Isle-based fishing vessels participating in the vessels of opportunity program moor up to check in at the incident command post dock, Aug. 14, 2010.

Of the 1,430 response-wide vessels of opportuntiy, approximately 134 vessels ranging from shrimpers to oyster boats are working for the Grand Isle incident command providing platforms for boom, skimming, safety and logistics operations.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.

GRAND ISLE, La. – Tracey Allemand, a responder working with the Grand Isle logistics branch, checks in vessels at the incident command dock as they return to work on the response following Tropical Depression Five, Aug. 14, 2010.

Of the 1,430 response-wide vessels of opportunity, approximately 134 vessels of opportunity are working for the incident command in Grand Isle.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.

GRAND ISLE, La. – Responders from the safety branch of logistics check in vessels of opportunity at the incident command post dock in Grand Isle, Aug. 14, 2010.

The safety team inspected the vessel for fire extinguishers, sound producing devices, operational running lights and obvious safety hazards among other things.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.

GRAND ISLE, La. – A crewman aboard the local fishing vessel After Dark secures boom prior to a safety exam at the vessel’s check in at the Grand Isle incident command post dock by safety personnel from the branch command, Aug. 14, 2010.

Safety personnel checked in the branch’s vessel of opportunity fleet as they returned to work following relocation for storm avoidance of Tropical Depression Five.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.