Feinberg: Oil Spill Claims Work ‘Unparalleled’

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The administrator in charge of Gulf oil spill claims says his efforts to compensate victims have exceeded federal law requirements.

Kenneth Feinberg insists the openness and transparency of the process has been "nothing short of extraordinary."

The comments were made in a court filing from Feinberg posted Tuesday in federal court in New Orleans.

U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is weighing the issue of whether BP and Feinberg, as its agent, are complying with the Oil Pollution Act.

Among other things, he is being asked to order changes to a form Feinberg requires final payment recipients to sign. The current form gives up those claimants' rights to sue BP and other parties.

There have been widespread complaints about the handling of payouts from BP's $20 billion fund.