May 2026: Carbon County voted to enter 'the beginning stages' of a BLM gas-pipeline right-of-way for Altigen plants east of Wellington

The Carbon County Commission's 20 May 2026 agenda listed, for possible approval, a partnership with ALTIGEN ('Jurassic Spark Project') on a natural gas pipeline right-of-way across BLM land. The minutes (scanned) say Altigen intends to build natural gas power plants on private property east of Wellington; that BLM offered Carbon County the option to hold the right-of-way for a pipeline across the North Coal Creek area; that Altigen will bear all environmental work, costs, maintenance and erosion control, and the county is not paying; and that the commission voted to enter 'the beginning stages' of the right-of-way. No BLM right-of-way case naming Altigen or Carbon County created since June 2025 appears in BLM's public layer as of late September 2026. No record read links this project to Valar.

• May 20, 2026 Commission Meeting Minutes (Carbon County Board of Commissioners; scanned) (Carbon County (Utah Public Notice Website), 2026-05-20) primary government “Altigen intends to build natural gas power plants on private property east of Wellington”
• 5.20.2026 Agenda (Carbon County Board of Commissioners) (Carbon County (Utah Public Notice Website), 2026-05-20) primary government
• BLM Natl MLRS Rights of Way (ROW) (feature layer and query results) (Bureau of Land Management (MLRS)) primary filing