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Environmental groups say a new state law on mineral revenues is a win for fossil fuels, a blow for rural Utah

The bill comes after an audit last year flagged concerns with the state’s process for distributing federal royalties.

(Brian Maffly | Tribune file photo) Since 2014, the Price River Terminal in Wellington has been loading oil from trucks to rail cars, opening a new path for Uinta Basin crude to reach out-of-state markets. Utah lawmakers have changed the law directing that state proceeds from oil an gas mining royalties on federal lands be used to mitigate the impacts of that resource restriction in nearby communities.