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The Trust Lands packets include a letter on Carbon County Board of Commissioners letterhead dated 29 June 2026, addressed to the 'SITLA Board of Trustees' and signed by Commissioners Tony Martines, Jared Haddock and Larry Jensen, supporting Valar's desire to locate 'north of Wellington on SITLA lands' and saying the county had worked with Valar for over a year; it does not mention nuclear power or a reactor. The commission's agendas and minutes posted on the Utah Public Notice Website for its meetings of 6 May through 16 September 2026 (read by OCR; most are scanned images; the 5 August meeting was cancelled; 16 September minutes not yet posted) contain no item approving that letter and no item on the Wellington site. Valar appears in commissioners' remarks on 1 July 2026 (celebrating the Emery reactor and a data-center partnership), in a 19 August 2026 'Valor Atomics presentation' about the Orangeville operation and planned public events (the minutes add that commissioners highlighted the tax benefits 'the plant will bring', without saying where), and in a 2 September 2026 announcement of an Orangeville open house and a planned Carbon County town hall. By contrast, Emery County put its support letter for Valar on a public agenda (17 February 2026, orig-046).
- 09.17.2026 TLA Board Packet (Notification Item 10A: SULA 2095-OBA memorandum, Carbon County letter, lease map) (Utah Trust Lands Administration (Utah Public Notice Website), 2026-09-17) primary government “Carbon County has been working with Valor Atomics for over one year”
- Carbon County Board of Commissioners: notices (May 6 to Sept 16, 2026 agendas and minutes) (Utah Public Notice Website) primary government
- Aug 19, 2026 Commission Meeting Minutes (Carbon County Board of Commissioners; scanned, read by OCR) (Carbon County (Utah Public Notice Website), 2026-08-19) primary government “Valor Atomics presentation”
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