Prepare a referral of a proposed action under national environment law
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the project description, ecological and heritage reports and site maps, draft answers to each question in the referral form following the department's preparation guide, and build a table of each protected matter the reports identify with the likely impact, the avoidance and mitigation measures, and the report page relied on.
- What the lawyer must review
- Decide whether to refer, how the action is described and bounded, whether any proposed measures are offered to support a not-controlled-action or particular-manner decision, check every statement of impact against the expert reports, and approve the referral before it is submitted.
- Written for / version
- US
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: US
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the project description, ecological and heritage reports and site maps, draft answers to each question in the referral form following the department's preparation guide, and build a table of each protected matter the reports identify with the likely impact, the avoidance and mitigation measures, and the report page relied on. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Confirm the instructions, the jurisdiction and the complete relevant material before starting.
- Check each impact statement against the page of the expert report cited in the table.
- Confirm the description of the action covers all components, so the project is not split.
- Confirm any commitments in the referral are ones the client has approved.
- Check the output against the source documents named in it before it is relied on.
Sources
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.