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This is the first required technical meeting following the adoption of Basin Management Action Plans for the Indian River Lagoon. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss and prioritize issues and concerns identified in the basin management plans that required further evaluation. Basin Management Action Plans were adopted for the North and Central Indian River Lagoon and Banana River Lagoon in February 2013. These plans were developed in response to the adoption of Total Maximum Daily Loads for the Indian River Lagoon and contain strategies for reducing nutrient loadings into the lagoon. The Total Maximum Daily Loads were adopted in March 2009 and specify reductions in the loadings of total nitrogen and total phosphorus to the Lagoon sufficient for recovery of deep-water seagrass habitat.