Trust Lands' public notice for the parcel (now archived) said the agency had received an application on 640 acres in Sec. 16, T14S R11E near Wellington and invited competing bids to lease, buy or exchange it by 5 p.m. on 7 August 2026 (with $51,100 in deposits and fees). It did not name the applicant or say what the land would be used for. The board memorandum says notices were also posted in the local newspaper (not named), on the agency website, and sent to existing lessees, permittees and adjoining landowners under rule R850-30-500; that notice ran for 30 days on the state Resource Development Coordinating Committee (RDCC) dashboard and went to the Carbon County Commission and the Southeastern Regional Development Agency; and that no competing offers came in. The only agency comment recorded is from the Division of Water Rights.

• Public Notice - Business Opportunity - Carbon County (Utah Trust Lands Administration) primary government “has received an application on the following property near Wellington in Carbon County”
• 8.20.2026 TLA Board Packet (Discussion Item 9A: SULA 2095 OBA, Board Meeting Discussion Memorandum) (Utah Trust Lands Administration (Utah Public Notice Website), 2026-08-20) primary government “No competitive offers were received prior to the application deadline.”