Per the September memorandum, current authorizations on Section 16 include easements for fiber optic lines, a power line and a county road, a livestock grazing permit (GP 22396) and a special use lease to the Utah National Guard (SULA 1321) on the south-east quarter (160 acres). The Guard lease lets engineering battalions train in maneuvers, mobility and survival; they 'may construct bunkers and ditches, etc., but may not discharge munitions', and there are no structures on it. Staff are working with the Guard to move that lease so Valar can take the whole section; the costliest part is expected to be a cultural-resource survey of the new site, paid for by Valar. The grazing permit would be ended before construction, with 'as much notice as possible' to the permittee. The memo does not say which county road crosses the parcel or name the easement holders. The state's RDCC records show the Guard lease (SULA 1321) was reviewed there in 2001 (csite-032). Two state records give different figures for what the section earns now: the memo says about $4,000 a year, while the approved August minutes record staff telling a trustee about $4,000 a month from the Utah National Guard.

• 09.17.2026 TLA Board Packet (Item 10A: SULA 2095-OBA Board of Trustees Memorandum, Carbon County letter, lease map) (Utah Trust Lands Administration (Utah Public Notice Website), 2026-09-17) primary government “They may construct bunkers and ditches, etc., but may not discharge munitions.”
• 09.17.2026 TLA Board Packet (Item 10A: SULA 2095-OBA Board of Trustees Memorandum, Carbon County letter, lease map) (Utah Trust Lands Administration (Utah Public Notice Website), 2026-09-17) primary government “generated little income (approximately $4,000 per year)”
• 08.20.2026 FINAL TLA Minutes (Utah Trust Lands Administration (Utah Public Notice Website), 2026-09-17) primary government “approximately $4,000 per month from the Utah National Guard”