# Hobet Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4604670
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** ERP Environmental Fund Inc.
- **Controller:** Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF)
- **Public source rows linked:** 6,830
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) (0121101) → ERP Environmental Fund Inc. (0141713) → Hobet Mine (4604670)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **F B  Nutter Sr → Hobet Mining & Construction Company Inc:** 1975-06-20 through 1977-04-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604670; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashland Inc et al → Hobet Mining Inc:** 1977-05-01 through 2005-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604670; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Magnum Coal Company → Hobet Mining LLC:** 2006-01-01 through 2008-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604670; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Hobet Mining LLC:** 2008-07-23 through 2015-10-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604670; 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 4604670; 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 4604670; 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 4604670; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 18
- 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 240 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 18,640 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 561 violation rows across the full record; 296 carry an S&S flag and $392,697 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 609 samples:** Occupational health samples 502 coal dust; 24 coal quartz; 83 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 11 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 208 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 105 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 28 contested-violation rows, 36 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 41 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 27 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 — 12 since 2021:** Inspections 132 inspection events and 8K 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 77.1001 — Stripping; loose material.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1001
- **30 CFR 45.4 — Independent contractor register.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-45/section-45.4
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 71.501 — Sanitary toilet facilities; maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.501
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 240 rows; 2000-01-15 through 2018-11-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-07-09 through 2026-07-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 553 rows; 2000-01-14 through 2020-06-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 36 rows; 2001-07-16 through 2017-01-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 502 rows; 2000-01-07 through 2025-01-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 41 rows; 2000-07-25 through 2015-04-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 28 rows; 2005-04-18 through 2015-08-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 3,585 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 773 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1975-06-20 through 2015-10-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 132 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2025-10-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 212 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 51 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 83 rows; 2000-02-14 through 2025-01-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 24 rows; 2000-08-28 through 2016-01-04; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 561 rows; 2000-01-14 through 2020-06-29; 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/hobet-mine-4604670`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/hobet-mine-4604670`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4604670/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4604670/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4604670/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`