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How State 44 finds, checks and labels what it publishes.

State 44 is an independent, resident-run record of proposed projects in southeast Wyoming. It doesn’t support or oppose any project. The goal is to help you see what’s been proposed, what has actually been decided, and when you can weigh in, with the original records one click away.

Where the information comes from

We start with original public records whenever they exist:

• County governments: meeting agendas, notices, staff reports, applications, site plans, maps and memos.
• State agencies: Department of Environmental Quality notices and permits, Industrial Siting Council filings, and records we request directly.
• Federal agencies: filings and dockets at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
• Public-records requests: documents we ask for and receive, published unchanged.
• The companies involved: applications, presentations and public statements, always labeled as theirs.
• News coverage: used for leads and context, and labeled as reported until an original record confirms it.
• Neighbors and community groups: tips and resident-run sites, used as leads and labeled by source.

Every claim links to where it came from. When we can, we host a copy of the original record so it doesn’t disappear.

How we label what we know

The same fact can be at very different stages. A rezoning isn’t a construction permit, and a recommendation isn’t an adopted rule. So we label claims by what the record actually shows:

Label	What it means
Documented	Shown in an official record we have reviewed.
Applicant says	Claimed, estimated or described by the developer or its consultants. Not independently confirmed.
Proposed	Under consideration, not adopted.
Recommended	Recommended by staff, a planning commission or another named body. Not a final decision.
Reported	Stated in news coverage. We haven’t found the original record yet.
Not verified	May exist or may have happened, but the records we reviewed don’t show it.
Unresolved	A question the current record doesn’t answer, including conflicting information.

Two rules we follow:

• A missing record isn’t proof. If we can’t find a document, we say “the records we reviewed don’t show it,” not “it doesn’t exist.”
• We say who said it. “The county states,” “the applicant says” and “news outlets reported” aren’t the same thing, and we don’t blur them.

Dates and "last checked"

Hearings move, deadlines pass and projects change. Each project page shows when its information was last checked against official sources. For meetings, we link the official notice and give the date, time, time zone and place. A status on this site reflects the last public record we could verify, which may not be what’s true at the moment you’re reading it. Before attending or filing anything, check the official notice linked.

We also keep different kinds of events separate. A developer’s open house, a county hearing on rules, a project-specific permit and a federal filing deadline are different processes, and taking part in one doesn’t count for another.

Numbers and statewide facts

Every number on Wyoming Facts appears with its definition, the period it covers, its original source and its limitations. When a figure is a model or estimate rather than a count, we say so. Numbers from different sources and years aren’t always comparable, and we note when they aren’t.

Which projects we follow

State 44 began with Site Layer 4, the proposed data center and energy campus near Wheatland, and that remains our main focus and our most detailed record.

We also follow other large proposed projects in southeast Wyoming, because taken together they add up to a lot of new development in one region. They draw on the same water, power, roads and county services. For these projects we track the basics: what’s proposed, where it stands, what’s next, and links to the original records. They have less detail than Site Layer 4, and each page says so.

A project is added when it needs a public approval (such as a rezoning, site plan, state permit or federal filing) and could noticeably affect neighbors’ water, power costs, roads, air, land or services.

Corrections

If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us through the Contact page. We check it against the original record before changing anything. When we correct something important, we add a dated note on that page saying what changed. We don’t quietly rewrite history.

Limitations

• Some proposals stay confidential under state economic-development rules until a land-use application is filed, so they may not appear here right away.
• We can only report what’s in the public record or what we can obtain through records requests.
• Coverage is uneven. Projects we’ve researched longer have more detail.
• Nothing here is legal, engineering or financial advice.