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Interim assessments per Executive Order 10-169

On about July 21, 2010, Governor Crist issued Executive Order 10-169, which authorizes the Property Appraiser’s offices in counties affected by the Deepwater Horizon spill, which includes the coastal counties  of the Tampa Bay area, to provide taxpayers with an interim assessment for claims purposes only.

  • You may use the interim assessment to substantiate a claim to BP or any of the parties responsible.

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Florida CFO Special Bulletin on Oil Spill

The office of the State of Florida Chief Financial Officer has published a special bulletin on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.  Included in the bulletin is information on filing claims with BP, including suggested documentation to assemble in support of a claim, an overview of covered claims,

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Liability ramifications of the BP oil disaster

Robert W. Bivins of Bivins & Hemenway, P.A., was interviewed by AM 540 WFLA Orlando‘s Bud Hedinger regarding the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil disaster and its legal liability ramifications.

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