# Birch River Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608390
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Webster, WV
- **Operator:** Brooks Run Mining Co., LLC
- **Controller:** Pristine Clean Energy LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,853
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Pristine Clean Energy LLC (0137121) → Brooks Run Mining Co., LLC (0051081) → Birch River Plant (4608390)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Zeigler Coal Holding Company → Evergreen Mining Company:** 1994-03-01 through 1998-09-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Evergreen Mining Company:** 1998-09-02 through 2004-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Coal Group Inc (ICG) → ICG Eastern LLC:** 2004-10-01 through 2011-06-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → ICG Eastern LLC:** 2011-06-15 through 2019-09-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Brooks Run Mining Co., LLC:** 2019-09-04 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Brooks Run Mining Co., LLC:** 2019-09-04 through 2017-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pristine Clean Energy LLC → Brooks Run Mining Co., LLC:** 2019-09-04 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Core Natural Resources Inc → ICG Eastern LLC:** 2025-01-14 through 2019-09-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 20
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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 14 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 66 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 101 violation rows across the full record; 25 carry an S&S flag and $10,192 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 161 samples:** Occupational health samples 109 coal dust; 52 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 9 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 — 10 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 10 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 11 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 61 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 77.1605 — 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 77.1606 — 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 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 77.1111 — Welding, cutting, soldering; use of fire extinguisher.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1111
- **30 CFR 77.1702 — Arrangements for emergency medical assistance and transportation for injured persons; reporting requirements; posting requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1702
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1004 — Ground control; inspection and maintenance; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1004
- **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:** 14 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2011-03-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-01-08 through 2021-01-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 97 rows; 2000-03-22 through 2017-12-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 109 rows; 2000-03-26 through 2014-01-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 10 rows; 2003-11-03 through 2011-07-14; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,037 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 212 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1994-03-01 through 2019-09-04; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 61 rows; 2000-03-22 through 2020-10-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 132 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:** 52 rows; 2000-03-22 through 2012-10-10; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 101 rows; 2000-03-22 through 2017-12-07; 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/birch-river-plant-4608390`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/birch-river-plant-4608390`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608390/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608390/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608390/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`