The developer of a controversial shipping terminal being built to export Utah coal is suing Oakland City for a second time after the city revoked the terminal’s 66-year lease last month. In a 50-page complaint filed in Alameda County Superior Court on Tuesday, Dec. 4, Phil Tagami, developer of the Oakland Bulk & Oversized Terminal (OBOT), claimed the city is redoubling efforts to halt construction of the coal port.
The plan for the $250 million port, supported by the Utah Legislature, and county commissions in Sanpete, Sevier, Carbon and Emery counties, is to transport up to 10 million tons of coal mined in central Utah per year by train to Oakland. From there, the coal would be exported to Asia. Sanpete Messenger
