Feinberg agrees to keep an office open in vicinity

Kenneth Feinberg

Today July 15, Kenneth Feinberg, Compensation Czar wrote U.S. Senator Bill Nelson’s (D-FL) office and agreed to keep an office open in the vicinity to process claims related to last summer’s BP Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

After concerns were raised by Senator Nelson, Franklin County Commission Chair Noah Lockley and Apalachicola Mayor Van Johnson, Feinberg agreed to keep an office open one day each week and to provide special meetings in the office at times that are convenient for claimants who cannot make it on the day the office is open.

Plans were in the works to close the Apalachicola office located inside the City’s Community Services Complex (former Apalachicola High School) on August 1, because of a sharp drop in claim applicants visits to the location.

In his letter to Nelson office, Feinberg wrote that there are other Gulf Coast Claims Facility offices in the region, but agreed to the accommodation because of the concerns raised.

NOTE: You can read the Mayor’s letter to Feinberg below or by clicking HERE.