# Lick Branch Impoundment

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4602206
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Litwar Processing Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 381
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Litwar Processing Company, LLC (0051369) → Lick Branch Impoundment (4602206)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Massey Energy Company → Virginia Crews Coal Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1978-03-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602206; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Voest-Alpine International Corp → Virginia Crews Coal Company:** 1978-03-22 through 1990-12-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602206; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Metals & Coal International Inc → Virginia Crews Coal Company:** 1990-12-14 through 2003-03-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602206; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Litwar Processing Company, LLC:** 2003-03-11 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602206; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Litwar Processing Company, LLC:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602206; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Litwar Processing Company, LLC:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602206; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 16
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 17 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 17 violation rows across the full record; 8 carry an S&S flag and $1,785 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 0 samples:** Occupational health samples No published samples. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 5K employee hours and 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 7 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 45 inspection events and 463 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 77.513 — Insulating mats at power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.513
- **30 CFR 77.701 — Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-H/section-77.701
- **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 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **30 CFR 48.25 — Training of new miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.25
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.216 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2001-05-25 through 2003-02-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2012-02-13 through 2012-02-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 17 rows; 2000-11-28 through 2009-03-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2011-06-23 through 2011-06-23; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2004-11-10 through 2004-11-10; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2009-03-23 through 2009-03-23; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 131 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 30 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2003-03-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 45 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2011-10-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 109 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 15 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Violations:** 17 rows; 2000-11-28 through 2009-03-23; 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/lick-branch-impoundment-4602206`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/lick-branch-impoundment-4602206`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4602206/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4602206/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4602206/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`