Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen

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2004 United States Supreme Court case

Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen, 541 U.S. 752 (2004), is a Supreme Court of the United States case in which the court held that, because FMCSA lacks discretion to prevent cross-border operations of Mexican motor carriers, neither NEPA nor the CAA requires FMCSA to evaluate the environmental effects of such operations. The case was argued on 21 April 2004. The question the case presented related to presidential foreign affairs and foreign trade actions exempt from environmental-review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Air Act . Specifically, the question is whether those actions are subject to those requirements as a result of a rulemaking action concerning motor carrier safety by the federal agency with responsibility for that type of safety.

See also

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• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 541

• List of United States Supreme Court cases

Further reading

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• Logan, Melissa (2004). "EPA & NAFTA: Tensions Rise When Trade with Mexico Threatens United States' Environmental Regulations". Journal of Natural Resources & Environmental Law. 19: 107. ISSN  1070-4833 .
• MacMillan, Jeannette (2005). "An International Dispute Reveals Weaknesses in Domestic Environmental Law: NAFTA, NEPA, and the Case of Mexican Trucks". Ecology Law Quarterly. 32: 491. ISSN  0046-1121 .
• Miller, Joseph (2004). "United States Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen" (PDF). Harvard Environmental Law Review. 28 (2): 593–604.

External links

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• Text of Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen, 541 U.S. 752 (2004) is available from: Findlaw Google Scholar Internet Archive (docket files) Justia Library of Congress Oyez (oral argument audio)

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United States environmental law

Supreme Court

decisions

• _Missouri v. Holland _ (1920)
• _Sierra Club v. Morton _ (1972)
• _Vermont Yankee v. NRDC _ (1978)
• _Hughes v. Oklahoma _ (1979)
• _Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation _ (1990)
• _Friends of the Earth v. Laidlaw Environmental Services _ (2000)
• _BP P.L.C. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore _ (2021)

Major
federal legislation ,
treaties,
and lower court
decisions

• Yellowstone National Park Protection Act (1872)

• Forest Service Organic Administration Act (1897)

• Rivers and Harbors Act (1899)

  • Refuse Act

• Lacey Act (1900)

• Weeks Act (1911)

• North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 (1911)

• Weeks–McLean Act (1913)

• Migratory Bird Treaty Act (1918)

• Clarke–McNary Act (1924)

• Oil Pollution Act (1924)

• McSweeney-McNary Act (1928)

• Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (1934)

• Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (1954)

• Air Pollution Control Act (1955)

• Fish and Wildlife Act (1956)

• Oil Pollution Act (1961)

• Clean Air Act (1963, 1970, 1977, 1990)

  • Acid Rain Program

• _Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference v. Federal Power Commission _ (2nd Cir. Court of Appeals, 1965)

• Solid Waste Disposal Act (1965)

• Endangered Species Act (1969)

• Environmental Quality Improvement Act (1970)

• National Environmental Policy Act (1970)

• Clean Water Act (1972, 1977, 1987, 2014)

• Coastal Zone Management Act (1972)

  • Coastal Zone Management Program

• Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (1972)

• Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (1972)

• Noise Control Act (1972)

• Endangered Species Act (1973)

• Oil Pollution Act (1973)

• Safe Drinking Water Act (1974, 1986, 1996)

• Water Resources Development Act (1974 , 1976 , 1986 , 1988 , 1990 , 1992 , 1996 , 1999 , 2000 , 2007 , 2014, 2016, 2022)

• Federal Noxious Weed Act (1975)

• Hazardous Materials Transportation Act

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