including a large actively managed hunting preserve. Scientific research from the Intermountain West demonstrates that industrial energy development, especially when accompanied by permanent fencing, lighting, noise, and traffic, can fragment migration corridors and alter ungulate movement well beyond the footprints of facilities. Itself.

These are precisely the kinds of location-based cumulative impacts and conditional use standards require- that require a land use authority to evaluate upfront. The findings report does not analyze for fragmentation, long-term displacement of wildlife, impacts to hunting access, or the cumulative effect of converting hundreds of acres into a permanently fenced and lighted industrial facility in this site. Instead, it relies on a generalized statement of economic benefit and conclusive reassurances of no detriment without grounding those conclusions in any site-specific evidence. When the project scale and permanence are considered alongside the documented cultural fragility of Nine Mile Canyon, the regional significance of Sand Wash Pudding, and the demonstrated sensitivity of wildlife corridors and hunting landscapes to industrial disturbance, the county could not lawfully conclude based on this record that the project will not be unduly detrimental. Or that the site is adequate to support the use without material harm.

The required findings under Duchesne County Code Section 813.4 are therefore unsupported by any substantial evidence. Finally, mandatory operational safeguards under Duchesne County Code Sections 813.5 and 813.5.2 require proof of compliance with air quality, dust, odor, noise, setbacks, bonding, and state and federal permits. The record contains no evidence of present compliance. Instead, approved compliance was deferred to future permitting. Because these safeguards are prerequisites, approval without evidence is speculative and unlawful.

For all of these reasons, the April 2nd, 2026 approval lacks the findings required by ordinance, is unsupported by substantial evidence, and cannot be meaningfully reviewed under detail law. That makes the decision arbitrary precious and illegal. Accordingly, the petitioners respectfully request that the conditional use permit approval be reversed and vacated. In the alternative only, we request remand with instructions to issue legal jurisdiction findings supported by substantial evidence and consistent with Duchenne County Code and Utah law. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Um, some kinds of property being proposed for the NatGas Power Plant, data center, and related solar power plant do not have any existing oil and gas surface infrastructure. There are several directional wells wells, but the blue lines here represent lateral underground wellbore paths, not an emissions-producing power plant. What is the point of locals out here being on Moon Lake Electric, a renewable