# Pageton Refuse Impoundment

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608619
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Deepgreen West Virginia Inc
- **Controller:** Ebner Energy USA LLC; Wellwise Energy USA LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 788
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ebner Energy USA LLC; Wellwise Energy USA LLC (0080975) → Deepgreen West Virginia Inc (P24372) → Pageton Refuse Impoundment (4608619)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Sammy  Goff et al → Recon Resources:** 1996-03-01 through 1999-12-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608619; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ed  Justice et al → Recon Resources:** 1996-03-01 through 1999-12-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608619; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James W Miller → Deepgreen Wv Inc:** 1999-12-29 through 2000-10-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608619; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary J  Miller → Miller Logging Inc:** 2000-10-02 through 2002-01-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608619; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James W Miller → Deepgreen West Virginia Inc:** 2002-01-21 through 2003-12-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608619; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David P  Lenigas → Deepgreen Wv Inc:** 2003-12-09 through 2000-10-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608619; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David P  Lenigas → Deepgreen West Virginia Inc:** 2003-12-09 through 2005-10-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608619; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cambrian Mining PLC → Deepgreen Wv Inc:** 2005-10-28 through 2000-10-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608619; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cambrian Mining PLC → Deepgreen West Virginia Inc:** 2005-10-28 through 2008-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608619; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ebner Energy USA LLC et al → Deepgreen Wv Inc:** 2008-07-30 through 2000-10-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608619; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wellwise Energy USA LLC et al → Deepgreen Wv Inc:** 2008-07-30 through 2000-10-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608619; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ebner Energy USA LLC et al → Deepgreen West Virginia Inc:** 2008-07-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608619; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wellwise Energy USA LLC et al → Deepgreen West Virginia Inc:** 2008-07-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608619; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 13
- Typed edges: 23
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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 7 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 192 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 150 violation rows across the full record; 71 carry an S&S flag and $27,767 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 76 samples:** Occupational health samples 47 coal dust; 29 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 11 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 106 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 77.216-4 — Water, sediment or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; reporting requirements; certification.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-4
- **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 77.216 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; general.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216
- **30 CFR 45.3 — Identification of independent contractors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-45/section-45.3
- **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 77.1703 — First-Aid training; supervisory employees.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1703
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 77.216-3 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; inspection requirements; correction of hazards; program requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-3
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 7 rows; 2001-01-26 through 2012-08-17; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-09-12 through 2016-09-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 147 rows; 2000-05-31 through 2014-10-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2010-12-03 through 2010-12-03; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 47 rows; 2001-08-31 through 2012-09-05; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 7 rows; 2015-04-17 through 2015-04-17; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2009-02-03 through 2009-02-03; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 129 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 13 rows; 1996-03-01 through 2002-01-21; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 106 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2016-10-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 110 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 29 rows; 2001-08-31 through 2012-09-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 150 rows; 2000-05-31 through 2014-10-07; 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/pageton-refuse-impoundment-4608619`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pageton-refuse-impoundment-4608619`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608619/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608619/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608619/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`