# St. Nicholas Cogeneration Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3607979
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** Schuylkill Energy Resources,  Inc.
- **Controller:** John W  Rich
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,083
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John W  Rich (C01331) → Schuylkill Energy Resources,  Inc. (P19401) → St. Nicholas Cogeneration Plant (3607979)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **John W  Rich et al → Schuylkill Energy Resources Inc:** 1988-01-01 through 1990-03-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 3607979; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Asea Brown Boveri Ltd (ABB) → Combustion Systems Services Inc:** 1990-03-16 through 1994-02-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 3607979; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John W  Rich et al → Schuylkill Energy Resources,  Inc.:** 1994-02-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3607979; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 — 6 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 37 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,364 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 22 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 105 violation rows across the full record; 19 carry an S&S flag and $11,680 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 643 samples:** Occupational health samples 434 coal dust; 81 coal quartz; 128 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 18 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 8K employee hours and 12 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 8 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 106 inspection events and 4K 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 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 77.1110 — 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 77.410 — 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 77.208 — 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 77.205 — 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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 77.1109 — 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 77.809 — Identification of circuit breakers and disconnecting switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.809
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 37 rows; 2000-10-15 through 2026-07-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1990-03-16 through 1990-03-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 104 rows; 2001-01-31 through 2026-07-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2007-06-18 through 2007-06-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 434 rows; 2000-01-28 through 2026-07-29; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2004-06-30 through 2007-04-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2006-11-14 through 2006-11-14; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1988-01-01 through 1994-02-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 106 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2026-07-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 128 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2026-03-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 81 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2023-08-02; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 105 rows; 2001-01-31 through 2026-07-29; 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/st-nicholas-cogeneration-plant-3607979`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/st-nicholas-cogeneration-plant-3607979`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3607979/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3607979/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3607979/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`