BP oil spill fund inundated with last-minute claims 450,000 claims filed befor deadline;30,000 more on deadline day

摘要

The first phase of the BP oil spill claims process - the Emergency Advance Payment phase is now and a new claims chapter begins.The key deadline was November 23 for filing emergency oil spill claims. The deadline had been known for weeks, but a large number of filers waited until the day of the deadline to get their paperwork in.