# Little White Oak

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4602443
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Logan, WV
- **Operator:** ERP Environmental Fund Inc.
- **Controller:** Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF)
- **Public source rows linked:** 442
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) (0121101) → ERP Environmental Fund Inc. (0141713) → Little White Oak (4602443)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Occidental Petroleum Corp → Island Creek Coal Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1993-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602443; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CONSOL Energy Inc → Laurel Run Mining Company:** 1993-07-01 through 1995-05-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602443; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashland Inc et al → Arch Of West Virginia:** 1995-05-30 through 2000-10-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602443; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Vicki Lynn  White → Environmental Excavating Inc:** 2000-10-29 through 2002-03-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602443; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashland Inc et al → Apogee Coal Company LLC:** 2002-03-28 through 2005-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602443; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Magnum Coal Company → Arch Of West Virginia:** 2006-01-01 through 2000-10-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602443; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Magnum Coal Company → Apogee Coal Company LLC:** 2006-01-01 through 2008-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602443; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Arch Of West Virginia:** 2008-07-23 through 2000-10-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602443; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Apogee Coal Company LLC:** 2008-07-23 through 2015-10-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602443; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) → ERP Environmental Fund Inc:** 2015-10-28 through 2017-01-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602443; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kissito Healthcare Inc → ERP Environmental Fund Inc:** 2017-01-26 through 2018-07-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602443; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Raleigh T  Harrington III → Mountain Source Fuels, LLC:** 2018-07-11 through 2019-01-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602443; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) → ERP Environmental Fund Inc:** 2019-01-01 through 2018-07-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602443; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) → ERP Environmental Fund Inc.:** 2019-01-04 through 2017-01-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602443; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) → ERP Environmental Fund Inc.:** 2019-01-04 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602443; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kissito Healthcare Inc → ERP Environmental Fund Inc.:** 2019-01-04 through 2018-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602443; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 16
- Typed edges: 34
- Interval anomalies: 5
- 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 — 2 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 22 violation rows across the full record; 3 carry an S&S flag and $3,073 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 19 samples:** Occupational health samples 10 coal dust; 9 noise. 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 16 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 — 27 since 2021:** Inspections 108 inspection events and 1K 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 77.216-3 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; inspection requirements; correction of hazards; program requirements.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-3
- **30 CFR 77.216-4 — Water, sediment or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; reporting requirements; certification.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-4
- **30 CFR 77.216 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; general.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216
- **30 CFR 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **30 CFR 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 77.1000-1 — Filing of plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000-1
- **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 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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-09-28 through 2017-09-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 20 rows; 2009-08-25 through 2024-09-09; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 10 rows; 2009-08-25 through 2012-07-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 3 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 16 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2019-01-04; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 108 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2026-08-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 229 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 9 rows; 2009-08-25 through 2011-11-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 22 rows; 2009-08-25 through 2024-09-09; 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/little-white-oak-4602443`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/little-white-oak-4602443`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4602443/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4602443/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4602443/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`