Extract energy and water figures from the environmental document
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the environmental document the lawyer supplies, copy each sentence that states an energy use or a water use, with the page. Do not add a figure and do not conclude that an environmental impact statement is required.
- What the lawyer must review
- 42 U.S.C. 4332(C) requires, consistent with that chapter and except where compliance would be inconsistent with other statutory requirements, a detailed statement by the responsible official in every recommendation or report on proposals for legislation and other major Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. The extract copies sentences already in the document. It does not decide that a data-centre or other project is a major Federal action, or that the action significantly affects the quality of the human environment. ABA Formal Opinion 512 (29 July 2024) leaves the lawyer responsible for figures produced with a generative tool. The lawyer decides what, if anything, is said about the approval pathway.
- Written for / version
- United States versionUS
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Do not begin AI assistance until the responsible lawyer has defined and confirmed its permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Trace every relied-on figure to its source, confirm dates and assumptions, and independently recalculate totals or derived amounts.
- Verify the applicable jurisdiction and the version of each relevant law, rule or instrument in force at the material time.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.