EPA TRI Facility · Natural Gas Processing
Willow Creek Gas Plant
Rifle, CO · Parent: The Williams Cos
- Total releases
- 11.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Willow Creek Gas Plant: how the 11.4K lbs splits
11.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 7.2K lbs 63.0%
- Off-site Transfers 4.2K lbs 37.0%
Willow Creek Gas Plant's 11.4K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 63.0% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 37.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: n-Hexane.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CARC-MID
Willow Creek Gas Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Rifle, CO, in the natural gas processing sector. It reported 5.1K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 11.4K lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,542 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Colorado's 277 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Willow Creek Gas Plant is pounds #102 and chemical-count #169 at 11.4K lbs. Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co leads reported pounds (22.9M lbs) at 12 chemicals (chemical-count #13). Suncor Energy Commerce City Refinery leads chemical count at 33 chemicals (460.2K lbs, pounds #24). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Enterprise Gas Proc - Meeker Gas Plant; Bargath Parachute Gas Plant; Multi-Chem Group Rifle Co Facility; US Blm Grand Junction Air Center. Similar-scale Natural Gas Processing peers outside Colorado: Oxy Permian - Willard Separation Plant; Deadwood Cryo Plant; Oneok Hydrocarbon L.P. - Hutchinson Fractionation Facility; Panther Gas Plant. Other The Williams Cos sites in this extract: Mid-Continent Fractionation & Storage Conway Fra; Echo Springs Gas Plant; Opal Gas Plant; Discovery Producer Services:larose Cryogenic Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Benzene.
Willow Creek Gas Plant is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Rifle, CO: 11.4K lbs across 2 chemicals (1 carcinogen-classified, CARC-MID). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 63.0%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Oxy Permian - Willard Separation Plant and Deadwood Cryo Plant.
Willow Creek Gas Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
11K lbs Top 37% higher than 63% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Willow Creek Gas Plant: n-Hexane-led volume
Among the 339 Natural Gas Processing facilities in this database, Willow Creek Gas Plant reports the 219th-largest volume (11.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: n-Hexane alone is 69.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Colorado include Oxy Permian - Willard Separation Plant and Deadwood Cryo Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Willow Creek Gas Plant's pounds in one chemical - here n-Hexane at 69.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Willow Creek Gas Plant's total reported releases fell from 6.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Willow Creek Gas Plant's air releases fell from 4.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Willow Creek Gas Plant's off-site transfers fell from 2.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Willow Creek Gas Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Willow Creek Gas Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 11.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases decreased by 18% (6.2K lbs to 5.1K lbs).
Willow Creek Gas Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Willow Creek Gas Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 18% from 2022 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: n-Hexane.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 5.1K lbs | 2 |
Willow Creek Gas Plant in Rio Blanco
Nearest TRI Facilities to Willow Creek Gas Plant
Closest other reporters in Colorado - including Enterprise Gas Proc - Meeker Gas Plant, Bargath Parachute Gas Plant, Multi-Chem Group Rifle Co Facility, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 276 other reporting facilities in Colorado.
Similar Natural Gas Processing Facilities
Other Natural Gas Processing facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Colorado - e.g. Oxy Permian - Willard Separation Plant, Deadwood Cryo Plant, Oneok Hydrocarbon L.P. - Hutchinson Fractionation Facility.
Compare beyond Colorado
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Willow Creek Gas Plant on cumulative reported pounds (11.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Irving Oil Terminals Inc., Kerry Inc, Hiland Dairy Co. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other The Williams Cos Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Mid-Continent Fractionation & Storage Conway Fra, Echo Springs Gas Plant, Opal Gas Plant.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include n-Hexane, Benzene; nearby reporters include Enterprise Gas Proc - Meeker Gas Plant. Willow Creek Gas Plant stamps LIGHT volume · MIXED pathway · CARC-MID carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Willow Creek Gas Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · CARC-MID · lead n-Hexane) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Willow Creek Gas Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Rifle, CO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 211130 · Natural Gas Processing. 16.6% of Rio Blanco TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Irving Oil Terminals Inc. (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Willow Creek Gas Plant stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 63.0%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov