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S e a tt l e , W a s hi ngt on B efo re: B . F L E T C H E R , F E RN A N D E Z an dB Y B E E , C i rcu i tJu d g es. A ppe l l a nt s c ha l l e nge the 2006 U . S . - C a na daS of tw ood L um be rA gr e e m e nt (“S L A ”) o n g ro u n d s th at th e O ff ice o f th e U n it ed S tates T ra d e R ep re se n tati v e’s ( “ U S T R ” ) e ntryi nt o the S L A di d notc om portw i th the r e qui r e m e nt s of the N a t i ona l E nvi r onm e nt a l P ol i c yA c t( “N E P A ” ) , 42 U . S . C . § 4321 e t s e q. , a nd the M i sc el l aneous R ec ei pt s A ct(“ M R A ”) , 31 U . S . C . § 3 30 2. B ec ause w e f i nd that A p p ellan ts lack stan d in g to b rin g th eir c laim s, w e a ff irm th e d istrict co u rt’s d is m is s a l o f

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o ris th a t aju d g m e n t w ill s o m e h o w e n c o u r a g e U S T R to re nego t i at e the S L A w i th C anada, even tho ug h the courtl ac ks the po w ert o d i re ct th e e x e c u tiv e b r a n c h 's c o n d u c t o f f o r e ig n n e g o tia tio n s d ir e c tly . A p p e lla n ts there fore fa i l t o sho w ho w the re l i ef re qu es t ed w i l l m ake m i t i gat i on of thei r a l l eged i nj uryl i ke l y , ore ve n pos s i bl e . S i nc e w e f i nd tha tA ppe l l a nt s l a c k s t a ndi ng be c aus e the i rc l a i m i s notr e dr e s s abl e , w e do nota ddr e s s w he the rA ppe l l a nt s ha ve pr ope r l ye s t abl i s he d i nj uryi n f a c torc aus a t i on. A ppe l l a nt s a l s o l a c k s t a ndi ng t o br i ng the i rc l a i m a l l e gi ng tha tthe “m e r ito r io u s in itia tiv e s ” p a y m e n ts to d e s ig n a te df o u n d a tio n s u n d e rth e S L A v io la te th e M R A . T h e ys e e kad e c la r a tio n th a t th e p a y m e n ts to b e p u b lic f u n d s th a t s h o u ld ha ve be e n de pos i t e d i nt o the T r e a s uryi n a c c or da nc e w i th the M R A . O nc e a ga i n,4

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U S T R 's autho ri ty t o sue the C anadi an go vernm entor the re ci pi ent s of the fund s t o rec ov er th e f u n d s . A p p e lla n ts s u g g e s t th a t th e A tto rn e yG e n e r a l c a n s u e th e f o u n d a tio n s to r e c ove rthe m one y , butthe A tt orne yG e ne r a l i s notpa rtyt o the i ns t a nta c t i on, a nd in a n ye v e n t, a n yd e c is io n b yth e A tto rn e yG e n e r a l to s e e kr e c o v e ryis w ith in h is prosec ut ori al di sc re t i on . B ec ause thei r f ai l ure t o est abl i sh re dres sabi l i ty depri ves A p p el l an t s o f st an d i n g t o b ri n g th ei r M R A cl ai m , w e n eedn o tad d ress A p p el l an t s’ i nj ury i n fac tor causat i on on thi s i ss ue. AF F I R ME D.