The GCCF is an independently run facility administered by Kenneth Feinberg who will make determinations about what claims are eligible. It is possible you may be eligible for claims from the Gulf Coast Claims Facility if you have:
- Property damaged by the oil spill or the cleanup efforts (example: damage to a boat)
- Loss of income/earning capacity (example: Lost your job or had your hours cut because of the spill — fishermen, workers in seafood industry, workers in hotels or restaurants)
- Net loss of profits or earnings from a business you own (example: boat owners, hotel owners, restaurant owners)
- Subsistence loss (example: can no longer catch fish to feed your family)
- Approved Removal and Clean-up Costs (example: removal activities that are approved by the Federal On-Site Commander or are consistent with the National Contingency Plan)
- Physical injury or death (injury to the body proximately caused by the Spill or the explosion and fire associated with the Deepwater Horizon incident, or by the cleanup of the Spill)