Oct 6: 'Jurassic Spark' technology park east of Wellington, 1,240 private acres shown as Mining & Grazing on the county zoning map, goes to the planners

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2026-10-06 · dir-015 · Carbon County Planning Commission, Altigen JS, LLC, Duct Tape, LLC

The Carbon County Planning Commission meets 6 October 2026 at 4:30 p.m. in the Commission Chambers, 751 E 100 N, Price (in person only per the notice). Its one permit item is a conditional use permit for 'a phased Technology Park and associated infrastructure located East of Wellington' on parcels 2A-1320-0000 and 2A-1656-0000 for Altigen JS, LLC and Duct Tape, LLC (csite-012). The application's vicinity map ('Project Jurassic Spark', added to the notice 28 September 2026) covers all of Section 36, T14S R11E and all of Section 2, T15S R11E, along U.S. 6. County parcel records list 2A-1320-0000 at 640 acres and 2A-1656-0000 at 600.74 acres, both assessor class 'Commercial' and neither in the state's government-owned parcel layer (privately owned); the county zoning map shows both in the Mining & Grazing zone, though Carbon County Commission minutes of 3 January 2024 record Ordinance 574 changing a 13-acre portion of 2A-1656-0000 from M&G to C-1, which the map layer does not show. In May the county agreed to begin holding a BLM gas-pipeline right-of-way for Altigen, whose stated plan is natural-gas power plants on private land east of Wellington (mine-050). The project lies about three miles southeast of Section 28 and about four miles from Section 16, which the state approved leasing to Valar. No link between this project and Valar was found in the records read (as of late September 2026).

In plain termsA big land-use permit near Wellington is up on October 6: a technology park on about 1,240 acres of private land east of town, where the developer has said it plans gas-fired power plants. No link to Valar was found in the records read. It comes while the county's rules for big, contested projects are still being written.

Carbon County Planning Commission Regular Meeting, October 6, 2026 (notice and agenda) (Utah Public Notice Website, 2026-09-23) primary government “a phased Technology Park and associated infrastructure located East of Wellington”
2026-Altigen Region Map (Project Jurassic Spark CUP application, Exhibit A, vicinity map) (Altigen JS, LLC (via Utah Public Notice Website), 2026-09-28) primary filing
Carbon County parcels (UGRC LIR): 2A-1320-0000 and 2A-1656-0000 (Utah Geospatial Resource Center / Carbon County Assessor, 2025-11-26) primary government
Carbon County GIS, County Zoning layer: zones in a box spanning Section 36 T14S R11E and Section 2 T15S R11E (query result) (Carbon County) primary government “Mining and Grazing Zone”

verified 2026-10-02: Notice page read in late September 2026 (attachments: agenda; region map, one page, 'page 28' of the application). Parcel acres/class from UGRC LIR; government-owned layer returned no match for either id. Distances from section centers. Revised before publication (late September 2026): lease wording now 'approved leasing'.

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