# Republic Energy

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609054
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Fayette, WV
- **Operator:** Republic Energy, LLC
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 9,110
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Republic Energy, LLC (0103985) → Republic Energy (4609054)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Massey Energy Company → Republic Energy, Inc:** 2004-07-14 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609054; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Republic Energy, Inc:** 2011-06-01 through 2014-01-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609054; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Republic Energy, LLC:** 2014-01-27 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609054; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Republic Energy, LLC:** 2014-01-27 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609054; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Republic Energy, Inc:** 2016-07-26 through 2014-01-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609054; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Republic Energy, LLC:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609054; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Republic Energy, Inc:** 2018-11-09 through 2014-01-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609054; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Republic Energy, LLC:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609054; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 16
- 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 — 8 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 125 historical accident/injury rows; 3 coded fatalities and 3,937 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 78 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 830 violation rows across the full record; 273 carry an S&S flag and $1,091,403 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 927 samples:** Occupational health samples 752 coal dust; 64 coal quartz; 111 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 — 285K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 74K employee hours and 118 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 213 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 101 contested-violation rows, 101 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 11 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 36 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 — 22 since 2021:** Inspections 136 inspection events and 12K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 690,397 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 272,836
- **Average employees:** 112
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (10 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 47.44 — Temporary, portable containers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.44

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 125 rows; 2005-01-24 through 2025-01-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-10-01 through 2004-10-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 807 rows; 2004-10-05 through 2026-08-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 101 rows; 2007-12-17 through 2019-05-09; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 752 rows; 2007-06-18 through 2026-08-03; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 11 rows; 2005-05-17 through 2018-03-27; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 101 rows; 2005-05-04 through 2017-07-26; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 4,818 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1,065 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2004-07-14 through 2014-01-27; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 136 rows; 2004-09-15 through 2026-07-20; 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:** 33 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 111 rows; 2009-09-02 through 2026-02-10; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 64 rows; 2013-03-20 through 2026-08-03; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 830 rows; 2004-10-05 through 2026-08-19; 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/republic-energy-4609054`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/republic-energy-4609054`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609054/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609054/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609054/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`