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DOINews: Websites & Hotlines for the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

05/03/2010

Last edited 09/29/2021

Websites and Hotlines:

For information about the response effort.
Interior's response effort homepage.
To volunteer, call 1-866-448-5816.
To report oiled wildlife, call 1-866-557-1401. Messages will be checked hourly.
To report spill related damage, please call 1-800-440-0858.
For information about validated environmental air and water sampling results.
To file a claim, call BP's helpline at 1-800-440-0858. A BP fact sheet with additional information is available here. For those who have already pursued the BP claims process and are not satisfied with BP's resolution, can call the Coast Guard at 1-800-280-7118. More information about what types of damages are eligible for compensation under the Oil Pollution Act as well as guidance on procedures to seek that compensation can be found here.

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