EPA TRI Facility · Natural Gas Processing
Kenedy Gas Plant
Karnes City, TX · Parent: Energy Transfer Partners LP
- Total releases
- 12.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Kenedy Gas Plant: how the 12.0K lbs splits
12.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 12.0K lbs 100.0%
Kenedy Gas Plant's 12.0K 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: Formaldehyde.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Kenedy Gas Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Karnes City, TX, in the natural gas processing sector. It reported 12.0K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 9,423 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. Kenedy Gas Plant is pounds #907 and chemical-count #1232 at 12.0K 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: Red Ewald LLC; Nalco Company-Karnes; Ashland Specialty Ingredients G.p.; Maverick Maintenance & Supply LLC. Similar-scale Natural Gas Processing peers outside Texas: Pecan Pipeline (wyoming) Jewell Gas Plant; Dcp Midstream LP - Spindle Gas Plant; Sendero Carlsbad Plant; Majorsville. Other Energy Transfer Partners LP sites in this extract: Jal 3 Gas Plant; King Ranch Gas Plant; Godley Gas Plant; Jackson Gas Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Formaldehyde; Ethylene glycol.
Kenedy Gas Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 12.0K lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Pecan Pipeline (wyoming) Jewell Gas Plant and Dcp Midstream LP - Spindle Gas Plant.
Kenedy Gas Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
12K lbs Top 36% higher than 64% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Kenedy Gas Plant: Formaldehyde-led volume
Among the 339 Natural Gas Processing facilities in this database, Kenedy Gas Plant reports the 214th-largest volume (12.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Formaldehyde alone is 100% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 100% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Texas include Pecan Pipeline (wyoming) Jewell Gas Plant and Dcp Midstream LP - Spindle Gas Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Kenedy Gas Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Formaldehyde at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Kenedy Gas Plant's total reported releases fell from 12.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kenedy Gas Plant's air releases fell from 12.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Kenedy Gas Plant Form-R facts
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90% less than the comparison
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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 Kenedy Gas Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 12.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (12.0K lbs to 0 lbs).
Kenedy Gas Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Kenedy Gas Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Formaldehyde.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Formaldehyde | 12.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylene glycol | 0 lbs | - |
Kenedy Gas Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Kenedy Gas Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Red Ewald LLC, Nalco Company-Karnes, Ashland Specialty Ingredients G.p., 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. Pecan Pipeline (wyoming) Jewell Gas Plant, Dcp Midstream LP - Spindle Gas Plant, Sendero Carlsbad Plant.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Kenedy Gas Plant on cumulative reported pounds (12.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include US Army National Guard Marseilles Training Center Ranges, Jim Myers & Sons Inc, US Dod Usaf Vandenberg Afb. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- US Army National Guard Marseilles Training Center Ranges Marseilles, IL · Other 12.0K lbs reported
- Jim Myers & Sons Inc Charlotte, NC · Fabricated Metals 12.0K lbs reported
- US Dod Usaf Vandenberg Afb Vandenberg Afb, CA · Other 12.0K lbs reported
- Thor Motor Coach Inc Elkhart, IN · Transportation Equipment 12.0K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Energy Transfer Partners LP Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Jal 3 Gas Plant, King Ranch Gas Plant, Godley 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 Formaldehyde, Ethylene glycol; nearby reporters include Red Ewald LLC. Kenedy 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 Kenedy 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.
Kenedy Gas Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Karnes City, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 211130 · Natural Gas Processing. 3.2% of Karnes TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: US Army National Guard Marseilles Training Center Ranges (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Kenedy 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