EPA TRI Facility · Natural Gas Processing
Carthage Gas Plant
Carthage, TX · Parent: Marathon Petroleum Corp
- Total releases
- 2.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Carthage Gas Plant: how the 2.0K lbs splits
2.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 2.0K lbs 100.0%
Carthage Gas Plant's 2.0K 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: Methanol.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Carthage Gas Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Carthage, TX, in the natural gas processing sector. It reported 793 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 2.0K lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 12,805 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. Carthage Gas Plant is pounds #1221 and chemical-count #850 at 2.0K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: East Texas Gas Plant; Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant; Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant; Panola II Gas Plant. Similar-scale Natural Gas Processing peers outside Texas: Lilli Gas Plant; Targa Midstream Services - Venice Gas Plant; Hopeton; McClure Natural Gas Processing Plant. Other Marathon Petroleum Corp sites in this extract: Blanchard Refining Co LLC; Marathon Petroleum Co LP; Marathon Mandan Refinery; Catlettsburg Refining LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; n-Hexane; Benzene; Ethylene glycol.
Carthage Gas Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 4 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.0K lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Lilli Gas Plant and Targa Midstream Services - Venice Gas Plant.
Carthage Gas Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.0K lbs Top 49% higher than 51% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Carthage Gas Plant: Methanol-led volume
Among the 339 Natural Gas Processing facilities in this database, Carthage Gas Plant reports the 300th-largest volume (2.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methanol alone is 69.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Lilli Gas Plant and Targa Midstream Services - Venice Gas Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Carthage Gas Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Methanol at 69.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Carthage Gas Plant's total reported releases fell from 1.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 793 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Carthage Gas Plant's air releases fell from 1.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 793 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Carthage Gas Plant's chemicals reported fell from 4 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Carthage Gas Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Carthage Gas Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases decreased by 35% (1.2K lbs to 793 lbs).
Carthage Gas Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Carthage Gas Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 35% 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: Methanol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.2K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 793 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). 1 of 4 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 1.4K lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 609 lbs | - |
| Benzene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylene glycol | 0 lbs | - |
Carthage Gas Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Carthage Gas Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including East Texas Gas Plant, Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant, Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing 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. Lilli Gas Plant, Targa Midstream Services - Venice Gas Plant, Hopeton.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Carthage Gas Plant on cumulative reported pounds (2.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include O'Neal Manufacturing Services, Entegris - San Luis Obispo, Blendhouse Allerton Llc.. 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.
- O'Neal Manufacturing Services Louisville, KY · Fabricated Metals 2.0K lbs reported
- Entegris - San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 2.0K lbs reported
- Blendhouse Allerton Llc. Allerton, IA · Food 2.0K lbs reported
- Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC Tacoma, WA · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 2.0K 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 Marathon Petroleum Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Blanchard Refining Co LLC, Marathon Petroleum Co LP, Marathon Mandan Refinery.
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 Methanol, n-Hexane, Benzene, Ethylene glycol; nearby reporters include East Texas Gas Plant. Carthage Gas Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN 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 Carthage Gas Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Carthage Gas Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Carthage, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 211130 · Natural Gas Processing. 0.5% of Panola TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: O'Neal Manufacturing Services (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Carthage Gas Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Methanol. 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