{"id":27879,"date":"2013-11-05T11:12:55","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T16:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=27879"},"modified":"2013-11-05T11:12:55","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T16:12:55","slug":"bp-oil-spill-claims-deadline-failed-start-up-businesses-and-the-gccf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2013\/11\/bp-oil-spill-claims-deadline-failed-start-up-businesses-and-the-gccf\/","title":{"rendered":"BP Oil Spill Claims: Deadline, Failed &amp; Start-Up Businesses and the GCCF"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27880\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27880\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/bp-oil-spill-claims-deadline-failed-start-up-businesses-and-the-gccf\/gulf-coast-claims-facility\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27880\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27880\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Gulf-Coast-Claims-Facility-300x275.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Gulf-Coast-Claims-Facility-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Gulf-Coast-Claims-Facility.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gulf Coast Claims Facility<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Were you in business or operating a non-profit during the BP Oil Spill in April, 2010?\u00a0 This is the fifth in a series explaining the Court Supervised Settlement. \u00a0\u00a0(<em>For questions regarding your eligibility in the Settlement Program, use\u00a0<a title=\"Inquiry regarding BP Oil Spill Claim Eligibility\" href=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/bp-oil-spill-info\" target=\"_blank\">this contact form<\/a>.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLAIMS NOT FILED BY THE DEADLINE ARE LOST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Claims must be filed prior to the deadline of April 22, 2014. Claims not filed by that date, barring an extension by the Court, will forever be barred.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SETTLEMENT EXCLUDES CERTAIN INDUSTRIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most industries are eligible under the settlement, but some are excluded. \u00a0However, a business in an excluded industry may have parts of its business separate from the total business and still have a claim. \u00a0The list of exclusions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>certain financial institutions<\/li>\n<li>gaming businesses (casinos, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>insurance entities, investment funds and financial vehicles<\/li>\n<li>defense contractors<\/li>\n<li>governmental entities<\/li>\n<li>any entity selling or marketing BP-branded fuel<\/li>\n<li>certain oil and gas concerns<\/li>\n<li>real estate developers<\/li>\n<li>businesses which released their claims through the <a title=\"Gulf Coast Claims Facility\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gulfcoastclaimsfacility.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gulf Coast Claims Facility<\/a> (GCCF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><!--more-->As mentioned, while a business may be on this list, there may still be a claim for parts of the business that were engaged in activities that are not excluded. \u00a0It is imperative to discuss this with a <a title=\"About David Shestokas\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shestokas.com\/about-david-j-shestokas\/\" target=\"_blank\">legal professional<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>BP ran the GCCF considering claims for oil spill damages.\u00a0 It is closed and no new claims can be filed through GCCF.\u00a0 Parties that did not sign a final GCCF release before February 27, 2012 and those denied by GCCF can participate in the Court Supervised Settlement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BUSINESSES THAT WERE DOWN FOR ALL OR PART OF 2010 MAY BE ELIGIBLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The settlement contains provisions for businesses that did not operate through all of 2010.\u00a0 There are provisions for Failed Business Losses and Failed Start-Up Business Losses.\u00a0 These have complex qualification rules, but some qualify. \u00a0\u00a0There is no cost to inquire about your eligibility\u00a0<a title=\"BP Oil Spill Eligibility Inquiry\" href=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/bp-oil-spill-info\" target=\"_blank\">at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Were you in business or operating a non-profit during the BP Oil Spill in April, 2010?\u00a0 This is the fifth in a series explaining the Court Supervised Settlement. \u00a0\u00a0(For questions&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[129,144,145],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27879"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}