International implications: the elephant in the living room in Public Citizen v. Department of Transportation.

I. INTRODUCTION

II. BACKGROUND
A. Facts of the Case
B General Findings of the Court
1 International Law
2 Domestic Law
a. Presedential Action or DOT Action?
b end of the Required Environmental Analysis
i. NEPA: DOT's EA--The Application domination and the
Safety authority
ii. NEPA: Categorial Exclusion--The Cetification
authority
iii. Clean Air Act Conformity Analysis
III. THE NINTH CIRCUIT ANALYSIS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
A. The Ninth Circuit
1 U Courts, International Law, and Foreign Affairs
2 International Law and the Parties' PResentation of the
Issues
3 Conclusions
B The International Law of Public Citizen
1 NAFTA
2 Pacta Sunt