SPANISH FORT, Ala.—Time is running out for Baldwin County residents intending to file emergency claims with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility.

Tuesday is the final day to submit claims for emergency advance compensation for losses incurred as a result of the April 20 explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon off the coast of Louisiana.

“Time to roll the dice,” said processing plant worker Wade Dunn. “I took a run at it in the beginning and got nowhere. Then the new guy came in and took everything over, and I decided to save my energy, wait till the very end and then maybe I wouldn’t have to start all over again-again.”

According to the most recent figures available, the claims facility has paid a total of $376.88 million to more than 22,000 claimants statewide. The figures, released Saturday night, indicate individual claimants have collected $145.41 million, while businesses have received $231.47 million.

According to the facility’s official website, protocol for final and interim claims will be published and distributed “in the very near future,” along with a summary of the process and instructions for filing both final and interim claims.

To date, the facility has received 3,447 final payment claims, but none has been processed or approved.

Maddie Emerson of Spanish Fort said she spent three months trying to convince her Foley parents to file a claim for lost income from two Gulf Shores rental properties affected by the oil spill, deemed the worst economic and environmental disaster in the nation’s history.

“They told me over and over they just wanted to cut their losses and move on, and then Mama called this weekend and asked me if I could help them put together what they needed to file their claim by the deadline. I told her I’d already started,” Emerson said.