EPA TRI Facility · Natural Gas Processing
Garden Creek Gas Plant
Watford City, ND · Parent: Oneok Inc
- Total releases
- 56.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Garden Creek Gas Plant: how the 56.0K lbs splits
56.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 42.1K lbs 75.2%
- Air Releases 13.9K lbs 24.8%
Garden Creek Gas Plant's 56.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 75.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 24.8%. 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 OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Garden Creek Gas Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Watford City, ND, in the natural gas processing sector. It reported 32.6K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 56.0K lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,869 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In North Dakota's 94 reporting TRI sites, Basin Electric Antelope Valley Station leads both reported pounds (167.8M lbs) and chemical count (55 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Wild Basin Gas Processing &crude Handling Facility; Demicks Lake Gas Plant; Little Missouri Gas Plant; Bear Den Gas Plant. Similar-scale Natural Gas Processing peers outside North Dakota: Tom Stack LLC / Chisholm Plant; Kingman Gas Plant; Bulldog Gas Plant; Dkl Libby Gas Plant. Other Oneok Inc sites in this extract: Oneok Rockies Midstream LLC - Grasslands Gas Plant; Oneok Hydrocarbon LP - Bushton Complex; Canadian Valley Gas Plant; Magellan Processing L.P.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Cyclohexane; Benzene; Methanol.
Garden Creek Gas Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (75.2% off-site transfers) across 4 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 56.0K lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tom Stack LLC / Chisholm Plant and Kingman Gas Plant.
Garden Creek Gas Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
56K lbs Top 23% higher than 77% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Garden Creek Gas Plant: n-Hexane-led volume
Among the 339 Natural Gas Processing facilities in this database, Garden Creek Gas Plant reports the 95th-largest volume (56.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: n-Hexane alone is 78.7% of the total. Scale peers outside North Dakota include Tom Stack LLC / Chisholm Plant and Kingman Gas Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Garden Creek Gas Plant's pounds in one chemical - here n-Hexane at 78.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Garden Creek Gas Plant's total reported releases rose from 23.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 32.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Garden Creek Gas Plant's off-site transfers rose from 16.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 25.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Garden Creek Gas Plant's chemicals reported rose from 3 in 2022 to 4 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Garden Creek Gas Plant Form-R facts
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See how Garden Creek Gas Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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20% less than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Garden Creek Gas Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 56.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases increased by 40% (23.3K lbs to 32.6K lbs).
Garden Creek Gas Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Garden Creek Gas Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 40% 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 | 23.3K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 32.6K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). 1 of 4 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 44.0K lbs | - |
| Cyclohexane | 8.4K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 3.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methanol | 5 lbs | - |
Garden Creek Gas Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Garden Creek Gas Plant
Closest other reporters in North Dakota - including Wild Basin Gas Processing &crude Handling Facility, Demicks Lake Gas Plant, Little Missouri Gas Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 93 other reporting facilities in North Dakota.
Similar Natural Gas Processing Facilities
Other Natural Gas Processing facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Dakota - e.g. Tom Stack LLC / Chisholm Plant, Kingman Gas Plant, Bulldog Gas Plant.
Compare beyond North Dakota
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Garden Creek Gas Plant on cumulative reported pounds (56.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Sms Group Technical Services Warren Div, Staker & Parson- California Avenue Facility, Lilly Technology Center. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis LLC. 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.
- Sms Group Technical Services Warren Div Warren, MI · Fabricated Metals 56.0K lbs reported
- Staker & Parson- California Avenue Facility Salt Lake City, UT · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 56.0K lbs reported
- Lilly Technology Center Indianapolis, IN · Chemicals 56.0K lbs reported
- Manac Trailers USA Inc Oran Plant Oran, MO · Machinery 56.0K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
Other Oneok Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Oneok Rockies Midstream LLC - Grasslands Gas Plant, Oneok Hydrocarbon LP - Bushton Complex, Canadian Valley 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, Cyclohexane, Benzene, Methanol; nearby reporters include Wild Basin Gas Processing &crude Handling Facility. Garden Creek Gas Plant stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Garden Creek Gas Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead n-Hexane) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Garden Creek Gas Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Watford City, ND, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 211130 · Natural Gas Processing. 0.2% of Mckenzie TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sms Group Technical Services Warren Div (Δ 4 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Garden Creek Gas Plant stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead n-Hexane. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. 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