Meeting 3: September 27-28, 2010 (Washington, D.C.)

Speakers: Elena Melchert, U.S. Department of Energy, Designated Federal Officer (DFO) Opening Remarks by Commissioner Co-Chairs Senator Bob Graham and William K. Reilly, Admiral (ret.) Thad Allen, National Incident Commander for the Unified Command; Captain Edwin Stanton, Sector Commander, New Orleans, U.S. Coast Guard; Doug Suttles, Chief Operating Officer for Exploration and Production, BP; Richard Harrell, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality; William "Billy" Nungesser, President of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Speakers: Dr. Bill Lehr, Senior Scientist, Office of Response and Restoration, NOAA; Mark K. Sogge, Chief of Staff, U.S. Geological Survey, Western Region, Director's Office; Dr. Ian MacDonald, Professor of Oceanography, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University; Dr. Richard Camilli, Assistant Scientist, Department of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Dr. Terry Hazen, Senior Scientist, Head of the Ecology Department and DOE Distinguished Scientist, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Speakers: The Honorable Lisa Jackson, EPA Administrator, Rear Admiral Mary Landry, Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District, U.S. Coast Guard; Dr. Nancy Kinner, University of New Hampshire Co-Director, Coastal Response Research Center, The Honorable Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, The Honorable David J. Hayes, Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Michael R. Bromwich, Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement

Speakers: The Honorable Mark Begich, U.S. Senator, Alaska; Pete Slaiby, Vice President for Exploration & Production, Shell Alaska; Captain John Caplis, Chief, Office of Incident Management and Preparedness, U.S. Coast Guard; Edward Itta, Mayor of North Slope Borough, Alaska; Dr. Dennis Takahashi-Kelso, Executive Vice President, Ocean Conservancy

Public Comments

Members of the public spoke about the impact that the oil has had on their lives and livelihood.

Speakers: Christopher A. Smith, U.S. Department of Energy, Designated Federal Officer (DFO); Senator Bob Graham and William K. Reilly, Chris Johns , Editor in Chief, National Geographic; John Barry, Author, Rising Tide, member of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority; Dr. John Farrington, Interim Dean, School of Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Jane Lyder, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Lt. Governor Scott Angelle, Louisiana

Speakers: The Honorable Mary Landrieu, U.S. Senator, Louisiana; The Honorable Haley Barbour , Governor of Mississippi; Dr. Steven Murawski, Director of Scientific Programs and Chief Science Advisor, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA; Dr. Bill Walker, Director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources; Timothy Fitzgerald, Marine Scientist, Oceans Program, Environmental Defense Fund

Speakers:Richard Stewart, Professor of Law, New York University; James Tripp, Senior Counsel, Environmental Defense Fund; Stan Senner, Director of Conservation Science, Ocean Conservancy

Speakers: Garret Graves, Director, Louisiana Office of Coastal Activities; Terrence "Rock" Salt, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; The Honorable Tom Strickland, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Brian McPeek, North American Regional Director, The Nature Conservancy, and members of the public.