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BP PLC Claims Offices in Northwest Florida

• Okaloosa - 348 SW Miracle Strip Parkway, Suite 13, Fort Walton Beach
• Santa Rosa - 5668 Gulf Breeze Parkway, No. 9, Midway
• Walton - 5008 U.S. Highway 98, Units 6 and 7, Santa Rosa Beach

BP PLC claims offices in Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton counties are open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week. People can walk in to file claims, but BP asks them to call the claims hotline at 1-800-440-0858 to expedite the process. After the initial call, a claims adjuster is supposed to call back in 48 to 72 hours. People filing claims must produce paperwork determined by the adjuster. Businesses are being asked to provide income records from 2008 to the present.

You Can Help (Excerpted from the Northwest Florida Daily News)

The Florida Emergency Information Hot Line has been activated to provide information regarding the Deepwater Horizon response. It will operate from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. until further notice. The number to call is 800-342-3557.

Okaloosa County is looking for volunteers with boats to help place booms to protect the coastline from oil. Please call BP at 425-745-8017 if you can help.

Call 800-557-1401 to report oil or injured wildlife.

The Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge asks for donations of baby blankets, towels, heating pads, large rubber containers with lids, heating lamps, rubber troughs and large backyard portable pools. Items may be dropped off at the Refuge office at 406 Mountain Drive, Destin, between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Call 650-1880 to volunteer to answer phones or to report oil-impaired wildlife.

To volunteer for area cleanup efforts, please sign up at Volunteer Florida, where you will find information on training and volunteer opportunities.

Read about the President's Oil Spill Legislative Package.

Latest Reports from the Northwest Florida Daily News

BP claims progress on new cap as oil spews in Gulf (7/11/10)

1983 document shows Florida's oil strategy largely unchanged (7/10/10)

Oil will temporarily flow freely as BP tries to replace cap (7/9/10)

Crist calls special session for oil drilling ban (7/8/10)

Coastal Drilling

Much has been said and written recently about drilling for oil and natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast. The Northwest Florida Daily News printed an in-depth series on the subject in November 2009. Here are the links to that excellent feature. This issue has the potential to make quite an impact on the Emerald Coast, so please take a moment to check out the anatomy of an oil rig and learn more about possible repercussions on our community. Links will be added as more information becomes available.

Part 1: November 21, 2009

Oil & Water: The debate over drilling in Florida

Oil & Water: Weighing the environmental benefits, risks of inshore drilling

Oil & Water: Question and answers about the inshore drilling issues

Part 2: November 22, 2009

Oil & Water Part 2: Energy interests have begun the push to woo legislators

Oil & Water Part 2: Experts divided on how much money Florida would earn from drilling

Oil & Water Part 2: How will drilling affect the military mission?

Part 3: November 23, 2009

Oil & Water Part 3: Do drilling advocates have the votes in the Florida Legislature?

Oil & Water Part 3: Congress enters the drilling equation; who are the players?

Database of politicians who have received contributions from drilling advocates

Editorials

Pat Rice: We're taking a deep look at Gulf Coast drilling (11/21/09)

Editorial: Florida's gulf drilling debate (12/03/09)

Editorial: Drilling's economic impact (12/04/09)

Editorial: Speak up, Pentagon, on drilling (1/19/10)

Editorial: Drilling tiff tests USAF 'credibility' (1/22/2010)

Other Articles

Letter to the editor: Common sense (11/24/09)

Commander: Offshore drilling would hurt Eglin mission (1/14/10)

Study says military missions, oil drilling can coexist in the gulf (1/19/10)

Oil drilling could hurt offshore game fishing, researcher say (2/2/10)

Report: All of Fla.'s oil would provide nation with less than a week of gas (2/26/10)

Offshore drilling finds opposition online (3/6/10)

Worth the risk? The debate over offshore oil drilling looms large (2/24/10)