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The Deepwater Horizon Trustees, which include the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the U.S. Department of Justice will jointly host a public meeting to present and take comment on two documents. The first document is the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Draft Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan and Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, which can be found on the Trustees webpage: http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/. The second document is the proposed Consent Decree between the Federal government, the five Gulf Coast States, and BP Exploration & Production Inc. regarding the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, which can be found on the Department of Justice's webpage: http://www.justice.gov/enrd/deepwater-horizon. The event will begin with an open house from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. with a formal presentation and opportunity for public comment to follow.