Valar's NSDA says that while Ward 250 is under DOE authority, Valar will coordinate with Utah DEQ, the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control, Emery County Emergency Management, Emery County Fire and local responders; that state representatives 'may observe but not direct DOE regulatory activities'; and that 'The State of Utah maintains agreements with DOE regarding notification and coordination for nuclear facilities within the state', including environmental data sharing and emergency coordination. No such Utah-DOE agreement was found in state or DOE sources searched on 29 September 2026. The state's own pieces: the Office of Energy Development owns the lab and is Valar's landlord (mine-035); it advertised for a lab-wide Safety Manager in September 2026 (dir-006); Utah's 2026 H.B. 78 created a Nuclear Energy Regulatory Office and conditions spent-fuel storage on a DWMRC permit (csite-023). In its 2025 lawsuit post, Valar argued small test reactors could be regulated by states, some of which were creating regulatory bodies (safe-028).

• Ward250 Nuclear Safety Design Agreement, No. 100403, Rev 02 (status: Draft; issued for Public Release) (Valar Atomics, 2025-10) primary company “State representatives may observe but not direct DOE regulatory activities”
• Ward250 Nuclear Safety Design Agreement, No. 100403, Rev 02 (status: Draft; issued for Public Release) (Valar Atomics, 2025-10) primary company “The State of Utah maintains agreements with DOE regarding notification and coordination”
• Valar Atomics is Suing the NRC (The Nuclear Necessity and our decision to sue the NRC) (Valar Atomics (Isaiah Taylor), 2025-04-07) primary company