# Koontz Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1800781
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Allegany, MD
- **Operator:** Heritage Coal & Natural Resources LLC
- **Controller:** KTRV LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 135
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**KTRV LLC (0182320) → Heritage Coal & Natural Resources LLC (0094965) → Koontz Mine (1800781)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Angela  Svonavec → Heritage Coal & Natural Resources LLC:** 2008-09-03 through 2024-02-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1800781; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **KTRV LLC → Heritage Coal & Natural Resources LLC:** 2024-02-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1800781; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 5
- Interval anomalies: 0
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 39 violation rows across the full record; 24 carry an S&S flag and $151,469 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 23 samples:** Occupational health samples 11 coal dust; 12 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 14 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 7 contested-violation rows, 7 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 14 inspection events and 293 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 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1001 — Stripping; loose material.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1001
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-08-30 through 2010-08-30; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 39 rows; 2008-10-01 through 2009-10-20; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2010-04-02 through 2011-11-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 11 rows; 2008-10-22 through 2009-10-19; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2008-10-01 through 2009-06-24; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2008-09-03 through 2008-09-03; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 14 rows; 2008-10-01 through 2010-08-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 12 rows; 2008-10-29 through 2009-10-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 39 rows; 2008-10-01 through 2009-10-20; 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/koontz-mine-1800781`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/koontz-mine-1800781`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1800781/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1800781/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1800781/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`