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Example Claim Form
PART 2 Section A
Costs of clean up and preventive measures
Section A

Completing a claim for costs of clean up

and preventive measures

This section of the claim form refers to claims via the Publications section of the IOPC Funds'
for the costs of clean up and preventive website, www.iopcfunds.org) and the checklist
measures only. For other types of claims, below:
please consider the alternative sections of Checklist
the claim form.
Information required relating to clean-up
You must respond as fully and accurately claims:
as possible to avoid delays in processing
your request. If there is not enough space for ● Delineation of the area affected, describing
your answer, please use extra pages clearly the extent of the pollution and identifying
marking them to show to which question those areas most heavily contaminated
12 they relate, and use spreadsheets to provide (for example using maps or nautical charts,
detailed information. Please provide details supported by photographs, video or other
of all taxes/levies paid, including the amounts recording media)
paid and the recipient. You must provide ● Laboratory analysis and/or other evidence
documents or other evidence in support linking the oil pollution with the tanker
of your claim. involved in the incident (such as chemical
Scope of compensation analysis of oil samples, relevant wind, tide
and current data, observation and plotting
Compensation is payable for the costs of of floating oil movements)
reasonable measures taken to:
● Summary of events, including a description
● Mobilise clean-up equipment/salvage
and justification of the work carried out at
resources;
sea, in coastal waters and on shore, together
● Monitor the oil spill; with an explanation of why the various
working methods were selected
● Combat oil at sea;
● Dates on which work was carried out,
● Protect resources vulnerable to oil;
identifying particularly work at individual
● Clean shorelines/coastal installations; sites
● Provide local reception facilities for cleaning, ● Labour costs (number and categories of
rehabilitating and treating contaminated response personnel, the name of their
wildlife (appropriate to the scale of the employer, hours or days worked, regular or
problem); overtime rates of pay, method of calculation
● Dispose of oil/oily waste; or basis of rates of pay and other costs)
and relevant information (invoices, receipts,
● Recover oil from wrecks.
worksheets and wage records, log books,
For further information relating to the types of deck books, etc). Please identify the
claims which are admissible for compensation, individual worksites at which the labour
please refer to the Claims Manual (available was employed