Method for Distributing BP Oil Spill Final Claim Payment Released by Gulf Coast Claims Facility

February 2, 2011
By Charles E. Lavis on February 2, 2011 4:34 AM |

Today, the GCCF released the methodology that outlines the method for calculating final and interim payments. The public will have two weeks to comment on the methodology.

Feinberg's proposal indicates,

EACH CLAIMANT'S FINAL PAYMENT OFFER AMOUNT WILL BE THE LARGER OF: (1) Two times each eligible Claimant's 2010 Actual Documented Losses (except for claimants with 2010 losses in excess of $500,000); four times each eligible oyster harvester's 2010 Actual Documented Losses, or (2) The total actual documented losses through the date of the filing of the Final Claim.