EPA TRI Facility · Natural Gas Processing
Driver Gas Plant
Midland, TX · Parent: Targa Resources Corp
- Total releases
- 57.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Driver Gas Plant: how the 57.7K lbs splits
57.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 43.9K lbs 76.1%
- Air Releases 13.8K lbs 23.9%
Driver Gas Plant's 57.7K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 76.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 23.9%. 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
Driver Gas Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Midland, TX, in the natural gas processing sector. It reported 55.0K lbs of releases across 8 chemicals in 2023, and 57.7K lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,809 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. Driver Gas Plant is pounds #565 and chemical-count #392 at 57.7K 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: High Plains Gas Plant Targa Resources; Newberry Gas Plant; Taylor-Leiker Gas Plant; Trident Gas Plant. Similar-scale Natural Gas Processing peers outside Texas: Enterprise Gas Proc - Meeker Gas Plant; St. Regis Gas Treating Facility; Dkl Libby Gas Plant; Tom Stack LLC / Chisholm 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; Cyclohexane; Benzene; Toluene.
Driver Gas Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (76.1% off-site transfers) across 8 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 57.7K lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Enterprise Gas Proc - Meeker Gas Plant and St. Regis Gas Treating Facility.
Driver Gas Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
58K lbs Top 22% higher than 78% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Driver Gas Plant in the Natural Gas Processing sector extract
Among the 339 Natural Gas Processing facilities in this database, Driver Gas Plant reports the 88th-largest volume (57.7K lbs). Scale peers outside Texas include Enterprise Gas Proc - Meeker Gas Plant and St. Regis Gas Treating Facility.
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
- Driver Gas Plant's total reported releases rose from 2.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 55.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Driver Gas Plant's off-site transfers rose from 30 lb in 2022 to 43.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Driver Gas Plant's air releases rose from 2.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 11.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Driver Gas Plant's chemicals reported rose from 4 in 2022 to 8 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Driver Gas Plant Form-R facts
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See how Driver Gas Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
10.3× more than the comparison
33% more 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 Driver Gas Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 57.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases increased by 1944% (2.7K lbs to 55.0K lbs).
Driver Gas Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Driver Gas Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1944% 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 | 2.7K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 55.0K lbs | 8 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). 2 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 30.1K lbs | - |
| Cyclohexane | 10.5K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 6.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 5.8K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 3.9K lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 687 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methanol | 0 lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 0 lbs | - |
Driver Gas Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Driver Gas Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including High Plains Gas Plant Targa Resources, Newberry Gas Plant, Taylor-Leiker 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. Enterprise Gas Proc - Meeker Gas Plant, St. Regis Gas Treating Facility, Dkl Libby Gas Plant.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Driver Gas Plant on cumulative reported pounds (57.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Dadi Bathware, Arxada LLC, Olin Corp. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive 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, Cyclohexane, Benzene, Toluene; nearby reporters include High Plains Gas Plant Targa Resources. Driver 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 Driver 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.
Driver Gas Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Midland, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 211130 · Natural Gas Processing. 4.2% of Midland TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Dadi Bathware (Δ 16 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Driver 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