EPA TRI Facility · Natural Gas Processing
Lobo Processing Plant
Mentone, TX · Parent: Enlink Midstream Operating LP
- Total releases
- 42.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Lobo Processing Plant: how the 42.0K lbs splits
42.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 33.6K lbs 80.0%
- Air Releases 8.4K lbs 20.0%
Lobo Processing Plant's 42.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 80.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 20.0%. 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-MID
Lobo Processing Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mentone, TX, in the natural gas processing sector. It reported 21.7K lbs of releases across 8 chemicals in 2023, and 42.0K lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,518 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. Lobo Processing Plant is pounds #634 and chemical-count #397 at 42.0K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Tornado Gas Plant; Loving Gas Plant; Mentone Gas Plant; Mentone Gas Plant. Similar-scale Natural Gas Processing peers outside Texas: Fort Lupton Gas Processing Plant; Marlan Gas Plant; Platte Valley Gas Processing Plant; Lightburn Extraction Plant. Other Enlink Midstream Operating LP sites in this extract: Bridgeport Gas Processing Plant; Tom Stack LLC / Chisholm Plant; Cana Gas Processing Plant; Riptide Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Benzene; Methanol; Toluene.
Lobo Processing Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (80.0% off-site transfers) across 8 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 42.0K lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Fort Lupton Gas Processing Plant and Marlan Gas Plant.
Lobo Processing Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
42K lbs Top 25% higher than 75% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Lobo Processing Plant inside Loving's TRI pounds
Among the 339 Natural Gas Processing facilities in this database, Lobo Processing Plant reports the 123rd-largest volume (42.0K lbs). This one site accounts for 35.6% of every pound reported in Loving. Scale peers outside Texas include Fort Lupton Gas Processing Plant and Marlan Gas Plant.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Loving's reported pounds (118.0K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Lobo Processing Plant's total reported releases rose from 20.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 21.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lobo Processing Plant's chemicals reported rose from 7 in 2022 to 8 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lobo Processing Plant's off-site transfers rose from 16.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 17.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lobo Processing Plant's air releases rose from 4.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Lobo Processing Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Lobo Processing Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 42.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases increased by 7% (20.3K lbs to 21.7K lbs).
Lobo Processing Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Lobo Processing Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 7% 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 | 20.3K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 21.7K 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 | 22.7K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 17.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methanol | 1.7K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 293 lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 134 lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 36 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cyclohexane | 20 lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 10 lbs | - |
Lobo Processing Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Lobo Processing Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Tornado Gas Plant, Loving Gas Plant, Mentone 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. Fort Lupton Gas Processing Plant, Marlan Gas Plant, Platte Valley Gas Processing Plant.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Lobo Processing Plant on cumulative reported pounds (42.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Eugene Ewp Plant, Wenger Feeds Llc-Rheems (f/k/a Wenger Feed Mill Inc), Aluminum Precision Products Inc. 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 Enlink Midstream Operating LP Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Bridgeport Gas Processing Plant, Tom Stack LLC / Chisholm Plant, Cana Gas Processing 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, Methanol, Toluene; nearby reporters include Tornado Gas Plant. Lobo Processing Plant stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID 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 Lobo Processing Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-MID · lead n-Hexane) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Lobo Processing Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Mentone, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 211130 · Natural Gas Processing. 35.6% of Loving TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Eugene Ewp Plant (Δ 13 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Lobo Processing Plant stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID · 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