EPA TRI Facility · Natural Gas Processing
Mentone Gas Plant
Mentone, TX · Parent: Western Midstream Partners LP
- Total releases
- 9.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Mentone Gas Plant: how the 9.6K lbs splits
9.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 7.6K lbs 79.3%
- Off-site Transfers 2.0K lbs 20.7%
- Land Disposal 4 lbs <0.1%
Mentone Gas Plant's 9.6K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 79.3% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 20.7%. 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 AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Mentone Gas Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mentone, TX, in the natural gas processing sector. It reported 2.8K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 9.6K lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,905 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. Mentone Gas Plant is pounds #959 and chemical-count #572 at 9.6K 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: Mentone Gas Plant; Tiger Plant; Stateline Processing Plant; Orla Gas Plant. Similar-scale Natural Gas Processing peers outside Texas: Norse Gas Plant; Oak Grove Plant; Utica Condensate Stabilization Facility (0634005057); Roger Mills Gas Processing Plant. Other Western Midstream Partners LP sites in this extract: Steamboat Processing Facility; Western Gas Resources Hilight Gas Plant; Latham Gas Plant; 50 Buttes. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Benzene; Toluene; Xylene (mixed isomers).
Mentone Gas Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (79.3% air releases) across 6 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 9.6K lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Norse Gas Plant and Oak Grove Plant.
Mentone Gas Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
9.6K lbs Top 38% higher than 62% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Mentone Gas Plant: n-Hexane-led volume
Among the 339 Natural Gas Processing facilities in this database, Mentone Gas Plant reports the 234th-largest volume (9.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: n-Hexane alone is 72.2% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Norse Gas Plant and Oak Grove Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Mentone Gas Plant's pounds in one chemical - here n-Hexane at 72.2%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Mentone Gas Plant's total reported releases fell from 6.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Mentone Gas Plant's off-site transfers fell from 1.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 133 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Mentone Gas Plant's air releases fell from 4.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Mentone Gas Plant's chemicals reported fell from 6 in 2022 to 5 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Mentone Gas Plant Form-R facts
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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 Mentone Gas Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 9.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases decreased by 59% (6.8K lbs to 2.8K lbs).
Mentone Gas Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Mentone Gas Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 59% 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 | 6.8K lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 2.8K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). 2 of 6 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 6.9K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 837 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 744 lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 476 lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 466 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methanol | 138 lbs | - |
Mentone Gas Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Mentone Gas Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Mentone Gas Plant, Tiger Plant, Stateline Processing Plant, ordered by distance.
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Similar Natural Gas Processing Facilities
Other Natural Gas Processing facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Norse Gas Plant, Oak Grove Plant, Utica Condensate Stabilization Facility (0634005057).
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Mentone Gas Plant on cumulative reported pounds (9.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include New Dairy Florida LLC, 3M Co-Valley, Google LLC. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. 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 Western Midstream Partners LP Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Steamboat Processing Facility, Western Gas Resources Hilight Gas Plant, Latham 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, Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers); nearby reporters include Mentone Gas Plant. Mentone Gas Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Mentone Gas Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead n-Hexane) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Mentone 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. 8.1% of Loving TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: New Dairy Florida LLC (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Mentone Gas Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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