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Learn modern scoping tools and approaches. Sharpen your ability to evaluate issues in terms of cause and effect relationships using a Cause-effect Flow Process. Learn how to use a tool for determining when an analysis contains sufficient detail to provide adequate NEPA coverage for a proposed action The Sufficiency Test. The basic principles of Administrative and NEPA law, issues that have been subject to suit, and current trends in litigation will be described and illustrated with case studies and scenarios from land managing, permitting, and construction settings. Tips and specific strategies for how your agency could avoid trouble in the future will be presented.