# Huber Bank

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3601698
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Luzerne, PA
- **Operator:** Popple Construction
- **Controller:** Mark  Popple; David  Popple
- **Public source rows linked:** 224
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Mark  Popple; David  Popple (C15340) → Popple Construction (0082766) → Huber Bank (3601698)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Kenneth M  Pollock et al → Ken Pollock Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 2007-10-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601698; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mark  Popple et al → Popple Construction:** 2007-10-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601698; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David  Popple et al → Popple Construction:** 2007-10-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601698; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 32 violation rows across the full record; 8 carry an S&S flag and $2,364 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 62 samples:** Occupational health samples 34 coal dust; 28 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 20 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 6 contested-violation rows, 8 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 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 47 inspection events and 678 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 47.44 — Temporary, portable containers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.44
- **30 CFR 50.11 — Investigation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-B/section-50.11
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **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 77.216-4 — Water, sediment or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; reporting requirements; certification.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-4

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2006-06-14 through 2006-06-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-11-02 through 2007-11-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 30 rows; 2000-04-03 through 2007-02-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 8 rows; 2002-12-03 through 2006-03-15; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 34 rows; 2000-04-03 through 2007-02-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2001-12-13 through 2005-09-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 6 rows; 2005-08-02 through 2005-08-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2007-10-31; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 47 rows; 2000-04-03 through 2007-02-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 28 rows; 2000-04-04 through 2007-02-08; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 32 rows; 2000-04-03 through 2007-02-08; 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/huber-bank-3601698`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/huber-bank-3601698`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3601698/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3601698/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3601698/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`