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President Donald Trump expedited an environmental review for Utah's Skyline Mine project, boosting coal.

Interior Department's Adam Suess emphasized economic potential, job support and energy independence benefits.

Public comment on coal leasing will open soon, following Trump's pro-coal executive order.

SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump expedited the country's first environmental review of a major coal mine project and it happens to be in Utah.

The final environmental impact statement for the Skyline Mine project in central Utah analyzes the proposed Little Eccles lease by application and the Flat Canyon lease modification submitted by Canyon Fuel Company, LLC, which has been the operator of the Skyline Mine since 1981.

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