Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Coal is piled up at the Levan transfer facility along Interstate 15--south of Nephi. Utah Community Impact Board awarding a $50 million loan to four coal-producing counties to build a deep-water port in Oakland, Calif. that would be a shipping point for Utah coal. We want to illustrate Utah's current coal industry chain and points that might have between 1 and 3 million tons of coal moving through them in the future.
Brian Maffly has worked for The Tribune off and on since 1994. Maffly roams Utah, covering public land and environment.