The memoranda say the Trust Lands board's Surface Resources Committee discussed the Valar lease on 20 July 2026 and again on 28 July, when Valar presented, and that the Energy & Minerals Committee discussed it on 25 August; the committees raised safety, water, radioactive materials, outreach and 'the need for full transparency', and directed staff to discuss some of the proposed financial terms further with Valar (mine-014). The Utah Public Notice Website lists three public bodies for the Trust Lands Administration: the SITLA Board of Trustees, the Trust Lands Administration Board of Trustees and a Wildlife Advisory Committee. It lists no Surface Resources or Energy & Minerals committee, and the board's notices for 2026 show board meetings only. No agenda, minutes or recording of these committee meetings was found. Whether board committees are 'public bodies' under the Open and Public Meetings Act (whose definition includes, among other tests, being supported in whole or part by tax revenue) is a legal question the records read do not answer.

• 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 “the committee discussed the need for full transparency regarding the proposed project”
• SITLA Board of Trustees: notices (Nov 2025 to Sept 2026) and the Trust Lands entity's public-body list (Utah Public Notice Website) primary government
• Utah Code 52-4-103: Definitions (Utah State Legislature, 2026-05-06) primary government “is supported in whole or in part by tax revenue”