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The payment process has been hampered because some claims do not include correct Social Security numbers or required signatures. Claimants have 30 days to make the corrections or their claim will be denied and closed.

After taking years to decide who qualified for part of the more than $600 million settlement, the process of handing out the money started last month.

People in Flint should start receiving letters in the mail this week informing them how much money they will receive from the Flint water settlement fund.

Friday's court order says a letter will be sent to each claimant with instructions on how to set up their payment. There's more than $600 million in the settlement fund.

In a federal court filing Friday, Special Master Deborah Greenspan wrote the payments would range from approximately $100,000 to $1,000.

More than 58,000 claims were filed for a share of an settlement pool worth more than $600 million set up by the state of Michigan and other groups in 2020.

Dividing the more than $600 million settlement pool is going to take a little bit longer.

It’s been more than a week since the registration period for the Flint water settlement closed, but it remains unclear exactly how many people signed…