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The Department will hold the second of six Stakeholder Meetings to discuss the Proposed Palm Beach Island Beach Management Agreement (BMA). The BMA is intended to coordinate and facilitate flexible permitting for beach sand management projects and to achieve a net environmental benefit and related public objectives for Palm Beach Island. The agenda will include a working sessions where participants will break out into three focus groups: Biological, Physical/Engineering, and Administrative/Policy, to initiate discussions on specific subject matters that will be included in the BMA. The participants will join together to listen to the findings from each of the three focus groups and discuss the next steps. More information about the Palm Beach Island BMA can be found at: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/beaches/pb-bma/index.htm