Kinder Morgan
11 facilities · 5 states · 3.7M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Kinder Morgan is the reported parent of 11 Form R facilities across 5 states, disclosing 3.7M lbs of toxic releases. 6 of 67 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Utah (3.4M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Kinder Morgan, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Kinder Morgan: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+12.6%
11 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+12.6%
1.7 million lb → 1.9 million lb, every facility that filed
- Kinder Morgan's total reported releases rose from 1.7 million lb in 2022 to 1.9 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kinder Morgan's land releases rose from 20 lb in 2022 to 35 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kinder Morgan's off-site transfers rose from 1.6 million lb in 2022 to 1.8 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kinder Morgan's air releases rose from 134.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 144.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Kinder Morgan from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Bluebell Gas Plant; Altamont Gas Plant-Kinder Morgan; CO2 Extraction Plant; Kinder Morgan Crude & Condensate LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Clean Harbors Inc; The Renco Group Inc; Intermountain Power Agency; Wec US Holdings Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Ethylene glycol; Ammonia; n-Hexane; Toluene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Utah; Texas; North Dakota. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Natural Gas Processing; Petroleum; Petroleum Bulk Terminals. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Bluebell Gas Plant; Altamont Gas Plant-Kinder Morgan; CO2 Extraction Plant; Kinder Morgan Crude & Condensate LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Clean Harbors Inc; The Renco Group Inc; Intermountain Power Agency; Wec US Holdings Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Ethylene glycol; Ammonia; n-Hexane; Toluene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Utah; Texas; North Dakota. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Natural Gas Processing; Petroleum; Petroleum Bulk Terminals.
Kinder Morgan ranks #319 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Kinder Morgan files across 5 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Kinder Morgan's disclosed pounds are spread across 11 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Kinder Morgan follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Clean Harbors Inc; The Renco Group Inc; Intermountain Power Agency) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Kinder Morgan sits among TRI parents
Kinder Morgan sits on a disclosure ladder beside Clean Harbors Inc and The Renco Group Inc and Intermountain Power Agency and Wec US Holdings Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Clean Harbors Inc · rank #317 · 45.7M lbs
- The Renco Group Inc · rank #318 · 27.6M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Intermountain Power Agency · rank #320 · 3.1M lbs
- Wec US Holdings Inc · rank #321 · 2.9M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Kinder Morgan
Methanol; Ethylene glycol; Ammonia; n-Hexane; Toluene lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Bluebell Gas Plant. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Methanol | 2.8M lbs |
| Ethylene glycol | 534.4K lbs |
| Ammonia | 154.3K lbs |
| n-Hexane | 109.2K lbs |
| Toluene | 49.9K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2 | 3.4M lbs |
| Texas | 4 | 219.1K lbs |
| North Dakota | 3 | 49.6K lbs |
| Montana | 1 | 10.7K lbs |
| Virginia | 1 | 4.1K lbs |
Facilities (11)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Bluebell Gas Plant Roosevelt, UT | 1.9M lbs |
| Altamont Gas Plant-Kinder Morgan Altamont, UT | 1.6M lbs |
| CO2 Extraction Plant Snyder, TX | 120.5K lbs |
| Kinder Morgan Crude & Condensate LLC Galena Park, TX | 62.4K lbs |
| Watford City Plant Alexander, ND | 34.4K lbs |
| Houston Central Gas Plant Sheridan, TX | 28.8K lbs |
| Bakken Gas Plant Sidney, MT | 10.7K lbs |
| Norse Gas Plant Mcgregor, ND | 9.7K lbs |
| Texas City Extraction Plant Texas City, TX | 7.3K lbs |
| Roosevelt Gas Plant Watford City, ND | 5.5K lbs |
| Kinder Morgan Transmix Co LLC Richmond, VA | 4.1K lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Kinder Morgan on total disclosed release pounds (3.7M lbs) and reporting facility count (11). Release-volume peers include Shell Oil Co, Hubbell Inc, Arcosa Inc. Facility-count peers include Ag Processing Inc, American Electric Power, Atlas Roofing Corp. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Utah, Texas, North Dakota; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Kinder Morgan's TRI parent record
From Kinder Morgan, open Bluebell Gas Plant or compare against Clean Harbors Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Kinder Morgan (Bluebell Gas Plant in UT). Largest facility
- Compare against The Renco Group Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Kinder Morgan sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Clean Harbors Inc, The Renco Group Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Kinder Morgan's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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