# Cowen Loadout

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609322
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Webster, WV
- **Operator:** ERP Environmental Fund Inc.
- **Controller:** Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF)
- **Public source rows linked:** 789
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) (0121101) → ERP Environmental Fund Inc. (0141713) → Cowen Loadout (4609322)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Cambrian Mining PLC → Atlantic Leaseco, LLC:** 2009-01-06 through 2011-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609322; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Walter Energy Incorporated → Atlantic Leaseco, LLC:** 2011-04-01 through 2017-06-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609322; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) → ERP Environmental Fund Inc.:** 2017-06-27 through 2017-01-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609322; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kissito Healthcare Inc → ERP Environmental Fund Inc.:** 2017-06-27 through 2018-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609322; 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 4609322; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 12
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+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 19 violation rows across the full record; 5 carry an S&S flag and $2,158 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 20 samples:** Occupational health samples 13 coal dust; 7 noise. 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
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 — 4 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 29 inspection events and 441 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 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 48.29 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.29
- **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 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516
- **30 CFR 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2011-12-31 through 2011-12-31; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-03-04 through 2020-03-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 19 rows; 2009-03-18 through 2017-05-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 13 rows; 2009-08-27 through 2012-03-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 574 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 120 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2009-01-06 through 2017-06-27; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 29 rows; 2009-03-18 through 2019-12-26; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 7 rows; 2009-08-27 through 2011-03-24; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 19 rows; 2009-03-18 through 2017-05-30; 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/cowen-loadout-4609322`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/cowen-loadout-4609322`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609322/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609322/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609322/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`