# Mill Creek Prep Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1516577
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Letcher, KY
- **Operator:** Deane Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** American Resources Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,609
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**American Resources Corporation (0150901) → Deane Mining, LLC (0088244) → Mill Creek Prep Plant (1516577)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Westmoreland Coal Company → Kentucky Criterion Coal Company:** 1989-03-01 through 1994-12-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516577; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CONSOL Energy Inc → Consol Of Kentucky Inc:** 1994-12-21 through 2008-02-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516577; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wexford Capital LLC → Deane Mining LLC:** 2008-02-08 through 2010-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516577; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP → Deane Mining LLC:** 2010-10-05 through 2015-12-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516577; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Quest Energy Corporation → Deane Mining LLC:** 2015-12-30 through 2017-01-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516577; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Resources Corporation → Deane Mining LLC:** 2017-01-05 through 2022-05-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516577; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Amy  Sizemore → Bluegrass Resources, LLC:** 2022-05-18 through 2022-09-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516577; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ken  McCoy et al → Bluegrass Resources, LLC:** 2022-09-13 through 2023-06-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516577; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jason  McCoy et al → Bluegrass Resources, LLC:** 2022-09-13 through 2023-06-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516577; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Paul S Lopez et al → Bluegrass Resources, LLC:** 2023-06-21 through 2026-03-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516577; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Clayton  Degiacinto et al → Bluegrass Resources, LLC:** 2023-06-21 through 2026-03-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516577; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wexford Capital LLC → Deane Mining, LLC:** 2026-03-12 through 2010-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516577; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP → Deane Mining, LLC:** 2026-03-12 through 2015-12-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516577; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Quest Energy Corporation → Deane Mining, LLC:** 2026-03-12 through 2017-01-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516577; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Resources Corporation → Deane Mining, LLC:** 2026-03-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516577; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 15
- Typed edges: 29
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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 18 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 456 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 35 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 595 violation rows across the full record; 167 carry an S&S flag and $129,837 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 480 samples:** Occupational health samples 344 coal dust; 20 coal quartz; 116 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 15 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 121 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 54 contested-violation rows, 54 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 13 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 25 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 — 15 since 2021:** Inspections 241 inspection events and 7K 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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **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 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **30 CFR 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207
- **30 CFR 77.204 — Openings in surface installations; safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.204
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 45.4 — Independent contractor register.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-45/section-45.4

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 18 rows; 2000-03-23 through 2014-12-12; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-02-28 through 2024-02-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 590 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2026-07-09; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 54 rows; 2011-08-08 through 2020-01-29; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 344 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2023-09-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 13 rows; 2000-04-13 through 2014-03-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 54 rows; 2009-10-07 through 2019-06-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,873 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 436 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 15 rows; 1989-03-01 through 2026-03-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 241 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2026-07-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 194 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 44 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 116 rows; 2000-03-25 through 2023-09-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 20 rows; 2001-03-14 through 2019-04-30; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 595 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2026-07-09; 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/mill-creek-prep-plant-1516577`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mill-creek-prep-plant-1516577`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1516577/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1516577/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1516577/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`