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Heated appeals hearing: residents and petitioners challenge Planning Commission approvals for large data center and energy facilities
Summary
Residents and petitioners appealed April 2 Planning Commission approvals for a proposed large data center and related natural‑gas, solar and produced‑water facilities, arguing the approvals lack site‑specific findings on water, wildlife, air, noise, traffic and cumulative impacts. The Commission conducted a de novo hearing and ruled on initial standing questions.
Duchesne County commissioners spent the afternoon hearing multiple appeals of April 2 Planning Commission approvals that cleared the way for a large data center (referred to in filings as the 9 Mile / NIMAF project) and associated natural‑gas power plant, solar facility and produced‑water operations.
The first speaker, Maureen Anderson (speaker 8), said she lives about six miles east of the proposed site and asked the county to require applicants to disclose the size of the center, the extent of associated solar farms, generator specifications, and the timing of generator use because of wildfire/inversion air quality concerns. "We don't know the size of the center... we need to know these answers," Anderson said. She urged transparency on water sourcing and said county water supply is already stressed.
A lead representative for petitioners (speaker 12, identified in the record as Annie speaking on behalf of Diana and…
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