# Pond Fork Processing

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4602445
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** ERP Environmental Fund Inc.
- **Controller:** Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF)
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,296
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) (0121101) → ERP Environmental Fund Inc. (0141713) → Pond Fork Processing (4602445)**

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 4602445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CONSOL Energy Inc → Island Creek Coal Company:** 1993-07-01 through 1997-07-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Chris  Cline → Jupiter Coal Company Inc:** 1997-07-11 through 2002-01-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Chris  Cline → Pond Fork Processing, LLC:** 2002-01-22 through 2002-08-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard  Busick → Pond Fork Processing, LLC:** 2002-08-15 through 2005-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timothy G Elliott → Pond Fork Processing, LLC:** 2005-04-01 through 2006-03-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Magnum Coal Company → Pond Fork Processing, LLC:** 2006-03-18 through 2008-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Pond Fork Processing, LLC:** 2008-07-23 through 2013-12-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Magnum Coal Company → Thunderhill Coal LLC:** 2013-12-18 through 2008-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Thunderhill Coal LLC:** 2013-12-18 through 2015-10-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Chris  Cline → Thunderhill Coal LLC:** 2013-12-18 through 2006-03-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602445; 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 4602445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kissito Healthcare Inc → ERP Environmental Fund Inc.:** 2017-01-26 through 2018-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) → ERP Environmental Fund Inc.:** 2019-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 14
- Typed edges: 32
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 12 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 536 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 122 violation rows across the full record; 69 carry an S&S flag and $18,860 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 100 samples:** Occupational health samples 67 coal dust; 33 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 130 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 23 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 8 contested-violation rows, 10 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 9 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 156 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 77.216-3 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; inspection requirements; correction of hazards; program requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-3
- **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 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **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 77.1605 — 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 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 77.100 — Certified person.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-B/section-77.100
- **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 77.902 — Low- and medium-voltage ground check monitor circuits.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.902

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 12 rows; 2001-03-19 through 2007-11-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2022-04-11 through 2022-04-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 117 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2015-09-09; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 10 rows; 2002-10-09 through 2011-08-09; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 67 rows; 2001-09-13 through 2008-11-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2000-09-07 through 2001-07-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 8 rows; 2008-06-24 through 2008-10-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,412 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 182 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 14 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2015-10-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 156 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2023-03-31; 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:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 33 rows; 2001-09-10 through 2008-10-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 122 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2015-09-09; 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/pond-fork-processing-4602445`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pond-fork-processing-4602445`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4602445/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4602445/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4602445/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`