EPA TRI Facility · Natural Gas Processing
Chico Plant
Chico, TX · Parent: Targa Resources Corp
- Total releases
- 15.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Chico Plant: how the 15.1K lbs splits
15.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 11.4K lbs 75.6%
- Air Releases 3.7K lbs 24.4%
Chico Plant's 15.1K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 75.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 24.4%. 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
Chico Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chico, TX, in the natural gas processing sector. It reported 14.2K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 15.1K lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,899 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. Chico Plant is pounds #862 and chemical-count #675 at 15.1K 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: Crisp Industries LLC; Bridgeport Gas Processing Plant; Pecan Pipeline Co Kripple Kreek Gas Plant; Poco Graphite. Similar-scale Natural Gas Processing peers outside Texas: Berne Plant; Roggen Plant; Sherwood Plant; Stanberry Gas Plant. Other Targa Resources Corp sites in this extract: Sand Hills Gas Plant; Midway Gas Plant; Eunice Gas Plant; Monument Gas Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Benzene; Cyclohexane; Methanol.
Chico Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (75.6% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 15.1K lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Berne Plant and Roggen Plant.
Chico Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
15K lbs Top 34% higher than 66% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Chico Plant in the Natural Gas Processing sector extract
Among the 339 Natural Gas Processing facilities in this database, Chico Plant reports the 192nd-largest volume (15.1K lbs). Scale peers outside Texas include Berne Plant and Roggen 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
- Chico Plant's total reported releases rose from 915 lb in 2022 to 14.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Chico Plant's off-site transfers rose from 105 lb in 2022 to 11.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Chico Plant's air releases rose from 810 lb in 2022 to 2.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Chico Plant's chemicals reported rose from 4 in 2022 to 5 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Chico Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Chico Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 15.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases increased by 1448% (915 lbs to 14.2K lbs).
Chico Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Chico Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1448% 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 | 915 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 14.2K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). 1 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 8.5K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 3.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cyclohexane | 2.9K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 0 lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 0 lbs | - |
Chico Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Chico Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Crisp Industries LLC, Bridgeport Gas Processing Plant, Pecan Pipeline Co Kripple Kreek 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. Berne Plant, Roggen Plant, Sherwood Plant.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Chico Plant on cumulative reported pounds (15.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include General Mills, Eckart America, Exxonmobil Oil Corp Hammond Terminal. 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 Targa Resources Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Sand Hills Gas Plant, Midway Gas Plant, Eunice 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, Cyclohexane, Methanol; nearby reporters include Crisp Industries LLC. Chico 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 Chico 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.
Chico Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chico, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 211130 · Natural Gas Processing. 3.4% of Wise TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: General Mills (Δ 7 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Chico 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