# Pound Mill Branch Surface Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609639
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Logan, WV
- **Operator:** J2BTB Land Development, LLC
- **Controller:** Brian  Romine; Joyce  Robinson; Tony  Price
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,352
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Brian  Romine; Joyce  Robinson; Tony  Price (0173881) → J2BTB Land Development, LLC (0186613) → Pound Mill Branch Surface Mine (4609639)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Tony  Price et al → J2BTB Land Development, LLC:** 2023-01-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609639; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joyce  Robinson et al → J2BTB Land Development, LLC:** 2023-01-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609639; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Brian  Romine et al → J2BTB Land Development, LLC:** 2023-01-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609639; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 5
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 51 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 51 violation rows across the full record; 8 carry an S&S flag and $22,702 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 109 samples:** Occupational health samples 70 coal dust; 11 coal quartz; 28 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 5 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 — 11 since 2021:** Inspections 11 inspection events and 483 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 12,794 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 28,177
- **Average employees:** 8
- **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 48.29 — Records of training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.29
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — 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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 77.1007 — Drilling; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1007
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-09-20 through 2023-09-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 49 rows; 2023-09-25 through 2026-05-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2025-06-04 through 2025-06-04; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 70 rows; 2023-09-20 through 2026-09-24; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2023-11-06 through 2023-11-06; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2025-03-03 through 2025-03-03; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 936 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 173 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2023-01-05 through 2023-01-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 11 rows; 2023-09-25 through 2026-05-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 3 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 28 rows; 2023-09-26 through 2026-05-19; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 11 rows; 2023-09-26 through 2025-07-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 51 rows; 2023-09-25 through 2026-05-18; 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/pound-mill-branch-surface-mine-4609639`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pound-mill-branch-surface-mine-4609639`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609639/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609639/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609639/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`