EPA TRI Facility · Natural Gas Processing
Big Lake Plant
Big Lake, TX
- Total releases
- 35.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 9
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Big Lake Plant: how the 35.9K lbs splits
35.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 30.5K lbs 85.1%
- Air Releases 5.3K lbs 14.9%
Big Lake Plant's 35.9K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 85.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 14.9%. 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
Big Lake Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Big Lake, TX, in the natural gas processing sector. It reported 21.5K lbs of releases across 9 chemicals in 2023, and 35.9K lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,902 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. Big Lake Plant is pounds #670 and chemical-count #333 at 35.9K 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). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Southwest Ozona Gas Plant; Benedum Gas Plant; Ozona Gas Plant; Jeb Gas Plant. Similar-scale Natural Gas Processing peers outside Texas: Dcp Midstream Lp/sholem Gas Plant; Eunice Natural Gas Processing Plant; Watford City Plant; Vermillion Gas Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Cyclohexane; Benzene; Toluene.
Big Lake Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (85.1% off-site transfers) across 9 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 35.9K lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Dcp Midstream Lp/sholem Gas Plant and Eunice Natural Gas Processing Plant.
Big Lake Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
36K lbs Top 27% higher than 73% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Big Lake Plant in the Natural Gas Processing sector extract
Among the 339 Natural Gas Processing facilities in this database, Big Lake Plant reports the 132nd-largest volume (35.9K lbs). Scale peers outside Texas include Dcp Midstream Lp/sholem Gas Plant and Eunice Natural Gas Processing Plant.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Big Lake Plant's total reported releases rose from 14.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 21.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Big Lake Plant's off-site transfers rose from 12.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 18.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Big Lake Plant's air releases rose from 2.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Big Lake Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Big Lake Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 35.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases increased by 50% (14.4K lbs to 21.5K lbs).
Big Lake Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Big Lake Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 50% 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 | 14.4K lbs | 9 |
| 2023 | 21.5K lbs | 9 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). 2 of 9 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 18.0K lbs | - |
| Cyclohexane | 7.8K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 6.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 3.0K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 770 lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 0 lbs | - |
| Methanol | 0 lbs | - |
| Diethanolamine | 0 lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Big Lake Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Big Lake Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Southwest Ozona Gas Plant, Benedum Gas Plant, Ozona Gas Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Natural Gas Processing Facilities
Other Natural Gas Processing facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Dcp Midstream Lp/sholem Gas Plant, Eunice Natural Gas Processing Plant, Watford City Plant.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Big Lake Plant on cumulative reported pounds (35.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (9). Release-pound peers include Randolph Products Co, Honeywell Burdick & Jackson, Wilson Plant. Chemical-count peers include Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC, Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant, Solutia Inc. 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).
- Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC Barceloneta, PR · Chemicals 9 chemicals
- Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant Puerto Nuevo, PR · Electric Utilities 9 chemicals
- Solutia Inc Springfield, MA · Plastics and Rubber 9 chemicals
- O'Connell Oil Co Merrill Road Facility Pittsfield, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 9 chemicals
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, Toluene; nearby reporters include Southwest Ozona Gas Plant. Big Lake 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 Big Lake 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.
Big Lake Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Big Lake, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 211130 · Natural Gas Processing. 10.8% of Reagan TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Randolph Products Co (Δ 26 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Big Lake 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