---
title: "Extract energy and water figures from the environmental document"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/energy-resources-and-mining/map-energy-and-water-impacts-of-data-centre-or-ai-projects-for-approvals/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A13-B8-2-US"
practice_area: "Energy, Resources & Mining"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Extract energy and water figures from the environmental document

> 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.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Energy, Resources & Mining](https://ailawframework.com/practice/energy-resources-and-mining.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| 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 | United States |
| Applies to | [Map energy and water impacts of data-centre or AI projects for approvals](https://ailawframework.com/practice/energy-resources-and-mining/map-energy-and-water-impacts-of-data-centre-or-ai-projects-for-approvals.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: 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.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- A sentence that is not in the document is not added, including a sentence about whether a statement is required.
- State and local approval pathways were not opened.

## Sources

- [42 U.S.C. 4332, Cooperation of agencies; reports; availability of information](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/4332) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*