# RIE Prep Plant #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3601826
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** RIE Anthracite Products, Inc.
- **Controller:** Travis J Rothermel
- **Public source rows linked:** 820
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Travis J Rothermel (0179440) → RIE Anthracite Products, Inc. (0184393) → RIE Prep Plant #1 (3601826)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Paul A  Direnzo Sr → Direnzo Coal Company:** 1950-01-01 through 2015-04-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601826; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael  DiRenzo et al → DiRenzo Coal Co LLC:** 2015-04-15 through 2022-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601826; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Paul  DiRenzo Jr et al → DiRenzo Coal Co LLC:** 2015-04-15 through 2022-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601826; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John R  Rothermel et al → RIE Anthracite Products, Inc.:** 2022-08-01 through 2023-09-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601826; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Travis  Rothermel et al → RIE Anthracite Products, Inc.:** 2022-08-01 through 2023-09-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601826; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Travis J Rothermel → RIE Anthracite Products, Inc.:** 2023-09-10 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601826; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 13
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+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 — 7 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 83 violation rows across the full record; 30 carry an S&S flag and $9,920 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 259 samples:** Occupational health samples 170 coal dust; 7 coal quartz; 82 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 6 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 4K employee hours and 6 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 26 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 7 contested-violation rows, 8 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 11 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 — 12 since 2021:** Inspections 94 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 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 77.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.904
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **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 77.502 — 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516
- **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 77.401 — Stationary grinding machines; protective devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.401
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-07-21 through 2026-07-21; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 71 rows; 2001-01-29 through 2026-08-17; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 8 rows; 2001-06-21 through 2023-10-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 170 rows; 2000-09-27 through 2024-05-20; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 11 rows; 2001-05-15 through 2005-09-27; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2004-08-04 through 2023-03-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2022-08-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 94 rows; 2000-03-07 through 2026-08-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 230 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 49 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 82 rows; 2002-09-24 through 2024-05-21; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 7 rows; 2000-09-27 through 2011-11-21; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 83 rows; 2001-01-29 through 2026-08-17; 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/rie-prep-plant-1-3601826`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/rie-prep-plant-1-3601826`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3601826/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3601826/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3601826/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`