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newrecordconfirmed Emery County's Sept 15 agenda listed a proposed 180-day moratorium on major conditional-use permit applications
The Emery County Commission's 15 September 2026 agenda, posted on the Utah Public Notice Website on 14 September, lists for decision an ordinance setting 'a temporary, 180 day moratorium' on accepting, processing and considering Level II and Level III conditional use permit applications. The agenda does not say what prompted it or whether it concerns data centers; only an audio recording of the meeting is posted, no minutes, so the outcome was not checked. The county also noticed a 5 October 2026 public hearing on a utility-scale solar ordinance.
In plain termsEmery County is considering pausing large new land-use permits while it writes rules. If adopted, it could affect data centers or industrial projects on private or county land, including any Valar expansion, but the record read does not say so.
- Emery County Commission Meeting, September 15, 2026 (agenda) (Utah Public Notice Website (Emery County Commission), 2026-09-15) primary government “a temporary, 180 day moratorium on the acceptance, processing and consideration”
- Notice of Public Hearing: Emery County Utility-Scale Solar Energy Systems Ordinance (Utah Public Notice Website (Emery County Commission), 2026-09-22) primary government