---
title: "Index the papers for a proposed ground disturbance"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/energy-resources-and-mining/prepare-the-cultural-heritage-approval-pack-for-ground-disturbance/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A13-X20260927-4-US"
practice_area: "Energy, Resources & Mining"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Index the papers for a proposed ground disturbance

> Index the documents the lawyer assembles for one proposed ground disturbance. For each document record the title, the date, and the page that describes the land.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/energy-resources-and-mining/prepare-the-cultural-heritage-approval-pack-for-ground-disturbance/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## 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 | Index the documents the lawyer assembles for one proposed ground disturbance. For each document record the title, the date, and the page that describes the land. Do not draft an agency finding and do not say the disturbance may proceed. |
| What the lawyer must review | 54 U.S.C. 306108 requires the head of a Federal agency, before approving the expenditure of Federal funds on a Federal or federally assisted undertaking or issuing a license for an undertaking, to take into account the effect of the undertaking on any historic property and to afford the Council a reasonable opportunity to comment. The index does not make that accounting and does not write the comment. 30 U.S.C. 226(g) provides that no permit to drill on an oil and gas lease issued under that chapter may be granted without analysis and approval of a plan of operations covering proposed surface-disturbing activities within the lease area. The lawyer decides which documents belong in the pack and whether any approval has been given. The index does not. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare the cultural heritage approval pack for ground disturbance](https://ailawframework.com/practice/energy-resources-and-mining/prepare-the-cultural-heritage-approval-pack-for-ground-disturbance.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Index the documents the lawyer assembles for one proposed ground disturbance. For each document record the title, the date, and the page that describes the land. Do not draft an agency finding and do not say the disturbance may proceed.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- The index is a list of papers. It is not the plan of operations and it is not a comment to the Council.
- The definition of historic property in 54 U.S.C. 300308 was not opened.

## Sources

- [54 U.S.C. 306108, Effect of undertaking on historic property](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/54/306108) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [30 U.S.C. 226, Leasing of oil and gas parcels](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/30/226) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Queensland cultural heritage duty of care record](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/energy-resources-and-mining/qld-cultural-heritage-duty.md) | Checklist | Yellow | A record of how a land user will meet the cultural heritage duty of care under the Queensland cultural heritage Acts, using the duty of care page updated on 19 October 2026. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

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