EPA TRI Facility · Natural Gas Processing
Loving Gas Plant
Mentone, TX · Parent: Targa Resources Corp
- Total releases
- 8.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Loving Gas Plant: how the 8.5K lbs splits
8.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 8.3K lbs 98.2%
- Air Releases 154 lbs 1.8%
Loving Gas Plant's 8.5K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 98.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.8%. 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
Loving Gas Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mentone, TX, in the natural gas processing sector. It reported 8.5K lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2023, and 8.5K lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,176 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. Loving Gas Plant is pounds #980 and chemical-count #494 at 8.5K 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: Lobo Processing Plant; Tornado Gas Plant; Mentone Gas Plant; Mentone Gas Plant. Similar-scale Natural Gas Processing peers outside Texas: South Canadian Natural Gas Plant; Douglas Gas Plant; Red Wing Creek II Gas Plant; Hess Tioga Gas Plant LLC. 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; Toluene; Benzene.
Loving Gas Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (98.2% off-site transfers) across 7 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 8.5K lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include South Canadian Natural Gas Plant and Douglas Gas Plant.
Loving Gas Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
8.5K lbs Top 39% higher than 61% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Loving Gas Plant in the Natural Gas Processing sector extract
Among the 339 Natural Gas Processing facilities in this database, Loving Gas Plant reports the 244th-largest volume (8.5K lbs). Scale peers outside Texas include South Canadian Natural Gas Plant and Douglas Gas 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
- Loving Gas Plant's total reported releases rose from 15 lb in 2022 to 8.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Loving Gas Plant's off-site transfers rose from 15 lb in 2022 to 8.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Loving Gas Plant's air releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 154 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Loving Gas Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Loving Gas Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 8.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases increased by 56401% (15 lbs to 8.5K lbs).
Loving Gas Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Loving Gas Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 56401% 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 | 15 lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 8.5K lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). 2 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 3.0K lbs | - |
| Cyclohexane | 2.6K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 2.3K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 593 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methanol | 0 lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 0 lbs | - |
Loving Gas Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Loving Gas Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Lobo Processing Plant, Tornado 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. South Canadian Natural Gas Plant, Douglas Gas Plant, Red Wing Creek II Gas Plant.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Loving Gas Plant on cumulative reported pounds (8.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Tesoro - Stockton Terminal, Tarheel Marble Co Inc, Cone Nashville Llc.. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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, Toluene, Benzene; nearby reporters include Lobo Processing Plant. Loving 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 Loving 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.
Loving Gas 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. 7.2% of Loving TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Tesoro - Stockton Terminal (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Loving 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