# Pine Mountain Prep Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1515682
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Leslie, KY
- **Operator:** Infinity Energy Incorporated
- **Controller:** James C  Justice II
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,274
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice II (C04355) → Infinity Energy Incorporated (0065203) → Pine Mountain Prep Plant (1515682)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Cyprus Amax Minerals Company → Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp:** 1986-07-01 through 1998-06-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515682; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Straight Creek Coal Resources Company:** 1998-06-29 through 2004-10-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515682; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John C  Smith Jr → Appalachian Fuels, LLC:** 2004-10-25 through 2006-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515682; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Energy Coal Resources Inc → Appalachian Fuels, LLC:** 2006-01-17 through 2008-01-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515682; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **National Coal Corporation → National Coal Corporation:** 2008-01-28 through 2008-09-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515682; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Harlan Development Corporation:** 2008-09-08 through 2008-11-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515682; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John  Lewis → Infinity Energy Incorporated:** 2008-11-13 through 2008-04-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515682; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Infinity Energy Incorporated:** 2008-11-13 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515682; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 22
- Interval anomalies: 1
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 9 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 240 violation rows across the full record; 43 carry an S&S flag and $161,116 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 66 samples:** Occupational health samples 44 coal dust; 22 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 960 employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 124 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 61 contested-violation rows, 61 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 8 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 17 since 2021:** Inspections 157 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **30 CFR 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.216-3 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; inspection requirements; correction of hazards; program requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-3
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 77.216 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; general.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2009-02-27 through 2010-09-07; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-01-30 through 2024-01-30; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 213 rows; 2000-05-27 through 2020-11-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 61 rows; 2010-09-14 through 2016-12-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 44 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2009-10-22; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2009-09-15 through 2009-09-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 61 rows; 2008-12-22 through 2016-06-02; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 234 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 54 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1986-07-01 through 2008-11-13; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 157 rows; 2000-04-13 through 2023-11-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 157 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 22 rows; 2000-04-13 through 2009-10-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 240 rows; 2000-05-27 through 2020-11-24; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/pine-mountain-prep-plant-1515682`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pine-mountain-prep-plant-1515682`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1515682/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1515682/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1515682/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`