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Claims vs Record disc-029

documented conflictpublic_process Carbon site: first public record tying Valar to Section 16 is the 10 Aug 2026 agenda; Valar's April 'open with all plans' was said at the Emery parcel hearing
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What the record shows

The gap: Valar promised openness about all its plans and describes an open-door policy. The public record shows the Carbon site mapped two days after that promise, noticed in April and July without Valar's name or any nuclear use, first tied to Valar on an agenda of 10 August, not recorded in the minutes of Valar's 19 August presentation to the Carbon County Commission, and not named on any Valar page. In Valar's favour: the promise was made to Emery residents about the Emery parcel, the notices were the state's to write, Valar answered questions at the state board's public meetings, and minutes summarize. None of that put the site, the company and the nuclear use together in public before 10 August.
In plain termsOn 7 April Valar promised Emery County residents it would be open with all its plans. Two days later the state drew up the lease map for Valar's site north of Wellington. The public notices that followed, in April and July, never said who wanted the land or that it was for nuclear use; those notices were written by the state, not Valar. Valar's name first appeared with the site on a state agenda on 10 August. On 19 August Valar told the Carbon County Commission about its open-door policy, and the minutes do not mention the Wellington site (minutes are summaries; the recording would settle it). Valar did answer questions at the state board's public meetings in August and September. People had heard since 2025 that Valar might build something in Carbon County; what they did not have until August was this site, this lease and the word 'nuclear' together.

Why it matters: Residents cannot comment on, bid against or object to a project they are not told about; the state approved the lease before local news reported it.

What would settle it: GRAMA to Trust Lands for the SULA 2095 application (received date), notice file and correspondence with Valar; GRAMA to Carbon County for the 19 August 2026 audio and all correspondence with Valar about Section 16; ask Valar when it chose the Wellington site.

facts csite-028, csite-018, csite-032, csite-005, csite-026, csite-027, mine-041, mine-048, gov-038, loc-032, loc-034, gov-020, ppl-027, orig-075, fld-001 · checked 2026-09-29: Defence pass 2026-09-29: Defended: the 7 Apr promise's Emery context, the state's authorship of the notices, Valar's appearances at the 20 Aug and 17 Sept board meetings (20 Aug final minutes), and the limits of summary minutes. The conflict survives because no Valar statement named the site between April and the 10 August agenda, and Valar's pages still do not. Summary line literally true (7 Apr minutes; 10 Aug agenda). | Earlier verify pass: Re-read on 2026-09-29: Emery 7 Apr minutes, Carbon 19 Aug minutes (page image; quote exact), Castle Country, By the Numbers, RDCC record 87203 (re-queried), ETV legal notices (Wellington; solar), TLA 10 Aug agenda, ETV 18 Sept, TLA September memo, ETV 10 Oct 2025, Emery 17 June 2025 minutes. A resident's view 'nobody knew' holds for the site and the lease, not for a general Carbon County plan. No intent is asserted. | Correction 2026-09-29 (wording review): title restated with dates and context; verification wording updated ('summary line').