EPA TRI Facility · Natural Gas Processing
Benedum Gas Plant
Rankin, TX · Parent: Energy Transfer LP
- Total releases
- 47.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Benedum Gas Plant: how the 47.6K lbs splits
47.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 47.6K lbs 100.0%
Benedum Gas Plant's 47.6K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Formaldehyde.
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 AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Benedum Gas Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Rankin, TX, in the natural gas processing sector. It reported 47.6K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023. That ranks 6,225 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Benedum Gas Plant is pounds #607 and chemical-count #654 at 47.6K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Jeb Gas Plant; Pembrook Gas Plant; Panther Gas Plant; Midkiff Gas Plant. Similar-scale Natural Gas Processing peers outside Texas: Discovery Producer Services:larose Cryogenic Plant; Arapaho Gas Processing Plt; Granger Gas Plant; Demicks Lake Gas Plant. Other Energy Transfer LP sites in this extract: Geismar Fractination Plant; Etc Texas Pipeline Ltd. Sunray Gas Plant; Rose Valley Plant; Keystone Gas Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Formaldehyde; Toluene; Benzene; Methanol.
Benedum Gas Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 5 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 47.6K lbs (2023–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Discovery Producer Services:larose Cryogenic Plant and Arapaho Gas Processing Plt.
Benedum Gas Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
48K lbs Top 24% higher than 76% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Benedum Gas Plant: Formaldehyde-led volume
Among the 339 Natural Gas Processing facilities in this database, Benedum Gas Plant reports the 114th-largest volume (47.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Formaldehyde alone is 90.0% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 91.3% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Texas include Discovery Producer Services:larose Cryogenic Plant and Arapaho Gas Processing Plt.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Benedum Gas Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Formaldehyde at 90.0%. Not a toxicity score.
Benedum Gas Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Benedum Gas Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 47.6K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2023–2023). 3 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Formaldehyde | 42.8K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 4.2K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 602 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methanol | 0 lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Benedum Gas Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Benedum Gas Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Jeb Gas Plant, Pembrook Gas Plant, Panther Gas Plant, ordered by distance.
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Similar Natural Gas Processing Facilities
Other Natural Gas Processing facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Discovery Producer Services:larose Cryogenic Plant, Arapaho Gas Processing Plt, Granger Gas Plant.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Benedum Gas Plant on cumulative reported pounds (47.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods, Ikon Boats LLC, Suterra LLC. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Energy Transfer LP Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Geismar Fractination Plant, Etc Texas Pipeline Ltd. Sunray Gas Plant, Rose Valley 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 Formaldehyde, Toluene, Benzene, Methanol; nearby reporters include Jeb Gas Plant. Benedum Gas Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Benedum Gas Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Formaldehyde) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Benedum Gas Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Rankin, TX, latest year 2023. NAICS 211130 · Natural Gas Processing. 12.6% of Upton TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Hexion Inc - Diboll Site (Δ 21 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Benedum Gas Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Formaldehyde. 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