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DOI · DOI-0152 · record R2609

Lead attribution model

Department of the Interior · USGS

Overview

Development stage
In development or acquisitionSource: a) Pre-deployment – The use case is in a development or acquisition status.
High-impact designation
Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
Impact justification
Not reported
Start date
Not reported
Withheld from public reporting
NoSource: a) No

Mission

Topic area
Science
Operational functions
No function tag matched Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

Classification model identifying soils potentially contaminated by lead from battery recycling

Expected benefits

Model is intended to be used by a state agency in California to identify soils potentially affected by battery recycling

System outputs

Classification of a soil as either likely affected by battery recycling or not

Technology

AI classification
Classical / predictive MLSource: Classical/Predictive Machine Learning: Models trained on data to make predictions or classifications based on identified patterns or relatio…
System name(s)
Not reported
Custom-developed code
No
Public source code
The code will be publicly available on ScienceBase as model archive after development

Sourcing

How it was built
Not reported
Vendor (as reported)
Not reported
Vendors (standardized)
None on the standard list

A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.

Data and privacy

Involves PII
No
Privacy Impact Assessment
Not reported
Authorization to Operate
No
Demographic features
k) None of the above
Training and evaluation data
Not reported
Federal Data Catalog
Not reported

Governance

6 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.

Pre-deployment testingNo answer reported
AI impact assessmentNo answer reported
Independent reviewReported in progressSource: d) In-progress
Ongoing monitoringReported in progressSource: b) Development of monitoring protocols is in-progress
Operator trainingReported in progressSource: b) Establishment of sufficient and periodic training is in-progress
Fail-safeNot applicableSource: b) Not applicable
Appeal processNot applicableSource: b) Not applicable
User and public consultationReported in progressSource: e) In-progress

Potential impacts and how they were identified

Not reported