CoalInfrastructure.kml normal #sn_CoalInfrastructure highlight #sh_CoalInfrastructure0 normal #sn_CoalPort highlight #sh_CoalPort normal #sn_CoalInfrastructure0 highlight #sh_CoalInfrastructure normal #sn_ProposedCoalPort highlight #sh_ProposedCoalPort CoalInfrastructure Seward Coal Storage Pile The Seward Coal Terminal was built in 1984 to provide for the export of coal from Usibelli Coal Mine Inc.

The biggest environmental concern surrounding the Coal Terminal has been the release of potentially hazardous coal dust from the facility. Seward experiences strong north winds draining dry interior air out into the Gulf of Alaska that can dry and then suspend the coal particles. If dust escapes at a similar rate to what has been calculated in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the loading facilities at the proposed Chuitna Coal strip mine, then around 500 tons of coal dust is released per year in Seward.

]]> -149.4280139970452 60.12604653482657 0 619.5543388919314 4.306305410272354 12.67522999609974 relativeToGround #msn_CoalInfrastructure0 -149.4295347162471,60.12580721831394,0 Seward Coal Conveyor This conveyor belt brings coal out to the dock, where it is loaded onto ships.

The Seward Coal Terminal was built in 1984 to provide for the export of coal from Usibelli Coal Mine Inc.

]]> -149.4270798346477 60.12182492612887 0 715.1997281450915 0 12.67604005411051 relativeToGround #msn_CoalInfrastructure -149.4301669086768,60.12260914069095,0 Seward Coal Loading Dock A conveyor belt brings coal out to the dock, where it is loaded onto ships.

The Seward Coal Terminal was built in 1984 to provide for the export of coal from Usibelli Coal Mine Inc.

]]> -149.4252029051173 60.11677182212022 0 716.5602848721358 0 12.67766740511211 relativeToGround #msn_CoalPort -149.4295566239768,60.11598633718997,0 Point McKenzie - proposed port There is a proposal to develop a rail line to Port MacKenzie, and to develop a coal port here.

Much of Alaska's coal is exported, and Alaska currently possesses only one port designed to load coal containers, located at the Port of Seward. Port MacKenzie is not ice-free like Seward, but might prove able to compete with Seward.

]]> -149.9173108801817 61.26930751241704 0 1126.867678032087 0 -0.7281081205259503 relativeToGround #msn_ProposedCoalPort -149.9154644749531,61.26872863524393,0