# Shamokin Refuse Bank

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608546
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Northumberland, PA
- **Operator:** Mid-Valley Coal Sales,  Inc.
- **Controller:** Vincent  Guarna; Michael  Guarna
- **Public source rows linked:** 919
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Vincent  Guarna; Michael  Guarna (C11598) → Mid-Valley Coal Sales,  Inc. (P23392) → Shamokin Refuse Bank (3608546)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Joseph  Kleeman  et al → Mid-Valley Coal Sales,  Inc.:** 1996-02-01 through 2013-09-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608546; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Vincent  Guarna et al → Mid-Valley Coal Sales,  Inc.:** 2013-09-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608546; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael  Guarna et al → Mid-Valley Coal Sales,  Inc.:** 2013-09-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608546; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 6
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 231 violation rows across the full record; 69 carry an S&S flag and $34,086 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 125 samples:** Occupational health samples 82 coal dust; 43 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 10 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 — 39 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 18 contested-violation rows, 18 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 113 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 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **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 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — 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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 77.1707 — First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1707
- **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; 2018-03-28 through 2018-03-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 210 rows; 2000-11-02 through 2015-04-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 18 rows; 2013-02-21 through 2016-05-23; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 82 rows; 2000-03-27 through 2015-04-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2015-09-18 through 2015-09-18; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 18 rows; 2012-08-30 through 2014-12-04; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 99 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1996-02-01 through 1996-02-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 113 rows; 2000-03-27 through 2018-03-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 81 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 43 rows; 2000-03-27 through 2015-01-20; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 231 rows; 2000-11-02 through 2015-04-29; 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/shamokin-refuse-bank-3608546`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/shamokin-refuse-bank-3608546`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608546/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608546/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608546/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`