# Collins Fork Slurry Impoundment

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4603181
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Raleigh, WV
- **Operator:** Republic Energy LLC
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 250
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Republic Energy LLC (0103985) → Collins Fork Slurry Impoundment (4603181)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **CONSOL Energy Inc → Consolidation Coal Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1998-11-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Clear Fork Coal Company:** 1998-11-30 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Clear Fork Coal Company:** 2011-06-01 through 2014-09-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert E  Murray → Consolidation Coal Company:** 2013-12-05 through 1998-11-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Republic Energy, INC.:** 2014-09-26 through 2016-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Republic Energy, INC.:** 2014-09-26 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Clear Fork Coal Company:** 2016-04-18 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Clear Fork Coal Company:** 2016-04-18 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Republic Energy, INC.:** 2016-07-26 through 2016-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Clear Fork Coal Company:** 2016-07-26 through 2014-09-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Clear Fork Coal Company:** 2016-07-26 through 2016-12-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Republic Energy LLC:** 2016-12-20 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Republic Energy LLC:** 2016-12-20 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Republic Energy LLC:** 2016-12-20 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Republic Energy, INC.:** 2018-11-09 through 2016-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Republic Energy LLC:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603181; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 16
- Typed edges: 30
- Interval anomalies: 8
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 22 violation rows across the full record; 4 carry an S&S flag and $4,196 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 5 samples:** Occupational health samples 5 coal dust. 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 0 employee hours and 0 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 92 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 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; general.** (6 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216
- **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 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 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 77.216-2 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; minimum plan requirements; changes or modifications; certification.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-2

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2011-09-01 through 2011-09-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-04-24 through 2017-04-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 21 rows; 2000-10-24 through 2015-12-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 5 rows; 2015-05-21 through 2016-12-21; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 16 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2016-12-20; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 92 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2017-03-09; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 65 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 3 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Violations:** 22 rows; 2000-10-24 through 2015-12-14; 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/collins-fork-slurry-impoundment-4603181`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/collins-fork-slurry-impoundment-4603181`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4603181/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4603181/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4603181/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`