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Fact dir-036

newrecordconfirmed A February permit application (applicant not named) covered nearly all of Section 16, where the state approved leasing 480 acres to Valar in September

2026-04-09 · dir-036 · Utah Trust Lands Administration, Valar Atomics, Utah National Guard

Right-of-entry permit application 7675 (Trust Lands permit map, 18 February 2026) covers nearly all of Section 16, T14S R11E, SLB&M, north of Wellington: 634.32 acres (the map leaves out a small southeast corner). Trust Lands' map for Special Use Lease Agreement No. 2095, produced 9 April 2026 and posted by the RDCC on 20 April 2026 as a 'Lease Agreement with possible option to purchase' (project 87203), covers the north half and southwest quarter of the same section: 480 acres. The Trust Lands board memorandum says the Utah National Guard's lease, SULA 1321, occupies the section's southeast quarter (160 acres). The board approved SULA 2095 with Valar Atomics on 17 September 2026, per the meeting transcript (mine-011). No record read names the applicant for 7675 or shows the permit was issued.

In plain termsAn application for a permit to study nearly all of a square mile north of Wellington was logged in February; the records do not name who applied. In September the state approved leasing three quarters of that square mile (480 acres) to Valar. The fourth quarter is leased to the Utah National Guard.

Right of Entry No. 7675 - Geotechnical Survey (permit map) (Utah Trust Lands Administration (via the RDCC project register), 2026-02-18) primary government “Right of Entry No. 7675 - 634.32 Acres”
Special Use Lease Agreement No. 2095 (lease map) (Utah Trust Lands Administration (via the RDCC project register), 2026-04-09) primary government “N2, SW4 - Section 16 - 480 Acres”
RDCC project register: projects 87096-87099 (Right-of-Entry Permits #7672, #7674, #7675, #7676) and 87203 (SULA 2095) (Utah Resource Development Coordinating Committee (Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office), 2026-02-19) primary government “to evaluate the feasibility of a potential industrial and manufacturing development”
09.17.2026 TLA Board Packet (Notification Item 10A: SULA 2095 OBA memorandum) (Utah Trust Lands Administration, 2026-09-14) primary government “The UNG lease (SULA 1321) occupies 160 acres of the 640-acre section”

verified 2026-09-30: Read 30 Sept 2026: the permit 7675 map, the SULA 2095 lease map and its RDCC record, and the 17 Sept 2026 board memorandum (packet pages 17-29). From BLM's survey grid the section computes to about 652 acres and the N2+SW4 to about 489 acres; the figures in the text are Trust Lands' own. Skeptic pass 2026-09-30 (two independent checks): applications not issued permits; 'nearly all' of Section 16; areas recomputed on the ellipsoid.

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