$1 billion-plus Uinta Basin oil train could hinge on tax break

The following was written and reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune.Last June, Utah’s Permanent Community Impact Board (CIB) doled out $21 million from the state’s share of federal mining royalties toward a rail line proposed to connect the oil of the Uinta Basin to national markets.The project is controversial for a number of reasons: its estimated $1.2 billion price tag; that it would primarily benefit one industry; and beca