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Outside the public eye, feds poised to grant millions of dollars in tax royalty relief to struggling Utah coal mines

(Chris Detrick | Tribune file photo) Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert at the Sufco Mine on Friday, June 3, 2011. In confidential filings submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, Bowie Resource Partners, operator of the Sufco mine, has asked for a reduction in royalties it pays on its coal, but federal authorities are not releasing information on how much the reduction would be or why the request is being made.