# Prep Plant #2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4404534
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wise, VA
- **Operator:** A&G Coal Corporation
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,754
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → A&G Coal Corporation (P21141) → Prep Plant #2 (4404534)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Barber Oil Corp → Paramont Mining Corp:** 1976-10-01 through 1981-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404534; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **M A Hanna Company et al → Paramont Coal Corp:** 1981-04-01 through 1986-07-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404534; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **W R Grace Company et al → Paramont Coal Corp:** 1981-04-01 through 1986-07-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404534; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pittston Company → Paramont Coal Corp:** 1986-07-09 through 2002-12-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404534; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC:** 2002-12-13 through 2010-05-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404534; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jerry W  Wharton → A&G Coal Corporation:** 2010-05-17 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404534; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → A&G Coal Corporation:** 2010-05-17 through 2017-03-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404534; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → A&G Coal Corporation:** 2017-03-27 through 2022-10-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404534; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → A&G Coal Corporation:** 2017-03-27 through 2022-10-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404534; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → A&G Coal Corporation:** 2022-10-03 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404534; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 23
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 11 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 74 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 319 violation rows across the full record; 197 carry an S&S flag and $311,434 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 127 samples:** Occupational health samples 92 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 32 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 4 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 — 417 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 180 contested-violation rows, 236 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 20 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 — 4 since 2021:** Inspections 72 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 77.107 — Training programs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-B/section-77.107
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **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 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **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.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 77.1713 — 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:** 11 rows; 2001-10-19 through 2013-10-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-06-30 through 2026-06-30; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 313 rows; 2000-02-14 through 2019-12-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 236 rows; 2012-07-31 through 2018-02-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 92 rows; 2000-02-17 through 2026-02-03; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2011-11-04 through 2011-11-04; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 180 rows; 2011-08-30 through 2013-11-05; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,091 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 223 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 1976-10-01 through 2010-05-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 72 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2026-06-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 146 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 23 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 32 rows; 2001-09-19 through 2013-08-07; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2001-03-29 through 2003-01-15; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 319 rows; 2000-02-14 through 2019-12-19; 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/prep-plant-2-4404534`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/prep-plant-2-4404534`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4404534/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4404534/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4404534/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`