Meeting 3: September 27-28, 2010 (Washington, D.C.)
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In this section you can find the videos and resources specific to each panel from this meetingDay 1
Call to Order and Panel I - Decision Making Within the Unified Command Speakers
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
- Suttles Written Statement (128.4 KB)
Panel II - The Amount and Fate of the Oil
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
- MacDonald Slides (1.92 MB)
- MacDonald Written Statement (113.8 KB)
- Camilli Slides (3.08 MB)
- Richard Camilli Videos: Oil Plume (5.69 MB)
- Richard Camilli Videos: Oil Sampling (5.64 MB)
- Camilli Written Statement (107.27 KB)
- Hazen Slides (1.49 MB)
- Hazen Written Statement (152.51 KB)
Panel III - The Use of Dispersants & Panel IV - The Future of Offshore Drilling
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
- Sec. Salazar Written Statement (156.17 KB)
Panel V - Response in the Arctic and Public Comments
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.
- Slaiby Slides (951.01 KB)
- Slaiby Written Statement (112.39 KB)
- Mayor Itta Written Statement (269.11 KB)
- Takahashi-Kelso Written Statement (62.88 KB)
- Begich Written Statement (54.54 KB)
Day 2
Call to Order and Panel I - The Spill, Recovery and the Legacy of Mississippi Delta Management & Panel II - Impacts: Environmental and Economic
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
- Johns Links
- Johns Slides (5.64 MB)
- Barry Written Statement (110.38 KB)
- Farrington Slides (1.31 MB)
- Farrington Written Statement (4.4 MB)
- Lyder Slides (1.91 MB)
- Lyder Written Statement (62.92 KB)
- Lt. Gov. Angelle Written Statement (6.4 MB)
Panel III - Elected Officials: The View from the Region & Panel IV - Impacts: The Gulf and Seafood Safety
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
- Gov. Barbour Written Statement (79.6 KB)
- Murawski Slides (2.22 MB)
- Murawski Written Statement (350.39 KB)
- Walker Slides (714.26 KB)
- Walker Written Statement (271.81 KB)
- Fitzgerald Written Statement (381.42 KB)
- Landrieu Written Statement (90.39 KB)
Panel V - Legal Authorities for Funding and Restoration Management
Speakers:Richard Stewart, Professor of Law, New York University; James Tripp, Senior Counsel, Environmental Defense Fund; Stan Senner, Director of Conservation Science, Ocean Conservancy
- Stewart Written Statement (138.91 KB)
- Tripp Slides (6.01 MB)
- Tripp Written Statement (108.74 KB)
- Senner Written Statement (520.82 KB)
Panel VI - The States & The Federal Government: Defining a Shared Path for Gulf Restoration & Public Comments
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.
- Graves Slides (11.26 MB)
- Graves Written Statement (182.4 KB)
- Asst. Sec. Strickland Written Statement (174.36 KB)
- McPeek Written Statement (1.75 MB)