# Smokey Preparation Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4001248
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Scott, TN
- **Operator:** Pioneer Processing LLC
- **Controller:** NOVADX  Ventures Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,147
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**NOVADX  Ventures Corporation (0088713) → Pioneer Processing LLC (0127214) → Smokey Preparation Plant (4001248)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **United Innkeepers Inc → Big K Coal Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1976-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4001248; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William M  Bale → U S Coal Inc:** 2001-04-01 through 2004-04-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4001248; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **National Coal Corporation → National Coal Corporation:** 2004-04-17 through 2010-12-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4001248; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → National Coal LLC:** 2010-12-16 through 2010-12-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4001248; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert  Swisher et al → Premium Coal Company,Inc.:** 2010-12-28 through 2008-09-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4001248; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Premium Coal Company,Inc.:** 2010-12-28 through 2012-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4001248; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **NOVADX  Ventures Corporation → Pioneer Processing LLC:** 2013-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4001248; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Premium Coal Company,Inc.:** 2017-05-04 through 2012-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4001248; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Premium Coal Company,Inc.:** 2017-05-04 through 2012-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4001248; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Premium Coal Company,Inc.:** 2022-08-24 through 2012-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4001248; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 25
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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 12 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 52 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 229 violation rows across the full record; 68 carry an S&S flag and $25,001 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 215 samples:** Occupational health samples 152 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 61 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 8 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 18K employee hours and 30 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 63 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 30 contested-violation rows, 30 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 — 6 since 2021:** Inspections 102 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 77.502-2 — 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 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 48.28 — Annual refresher training of miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.28
- **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 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505
- **30 CFR 77.106 — Records of certified and qualified persons.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-B/section-77.106
- **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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1701 — Emergency communications; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1701
- **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

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 12 rows; 2000-03-02 through 2010-08-22; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-10-03 through 2023-10-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 208 rows; 2000-02-17 through 2014-12-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 30 rows; 2011-09-15 through 2014-02-25; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 152 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2013-06-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2008-01-08 through 2008-01-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 30 rows; 2008-06-13 through 2012-02-15; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 210 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 45 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2013-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 102 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2023-09-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 24 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:** 61 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2013-06-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2000-03-15; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 229 rows; 2000-02-17 through 2014-12-15; 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/smokey-preparation-plant-4001248`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/smokey-preparation-plant-4001248`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4001248/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4001248/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4001248/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`