EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum
Pasadena Refining System Inc
Pasadena, TX · Parent: Chevron USA Inc (cusa)
- Total releases
- 294.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 27
- Carcinogens
- 8
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Pasadena Refining System Inc: how the 294.4K lbs splits
294.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 281.2K lbs 95.5%
- Off-site Transfers 6.8K lbs 2.3%
- Land Disposal 6.3K lbs 2.2%
- Water Discharges 46 lbs <0.1%
Pasadena Refining System Inc's 294.4K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 95.5% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 2.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Xylene (mixed isomers).
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.
MID volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Pasadena Refining System Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Pasadena, TX, in the petroleum sector. It reported 38.8K lbs of releases across 21 chemicals in 2023, and 294.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,612 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. Pasadena Refining System Inc is pounds #270 and chemical-count #66 at 294.4K 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: Macdermid; Pasadena Fabrication Facility; Global Pasadena Terminal; Sekisui Specialty Chemicals America Llc. - Pasadena Plant. Similar-scale Petroleum peers outside Texas: Marathon Petroleum Co LP Ohio Refining Div; Safety-Kleen Systems Inc.; Calcasieu Refining Co; Drummond Co Inc Abc Coke Div. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Xylene (mixed isomers); Propylene; Toluene; Hydrogen cyanide.
Pasadena Refining System Inc stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (95.5% air releases) across 27 chemicals · 8 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 294.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Marathon Petroleum Co LP Ohio Refining Div and Safety-Kleen Systems Inc..
Pasadena Refining System Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
294K lbs Top 10% higher than 90% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Pasadena Refining System Inc in the Petroleum sector extract
Among the 902 Petroleum facilities in this database, Pasadena Refining System Inc reports the 124th-largest volume, placing it in the top 13.7% of its sector. Scale peers outside Texas include Marathon Petroleum Co LP Ohio Refining Div and Safety-Kleen Systems Inc..
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
- Pasadena Refining System Inc's total reported releases fell from 68.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 38.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pasadena Refining System Inc's land releases fell from 761 lb in 2022 to 278 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pasadena Refining System Inc's air releases fell from 67.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 38.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pasadena Refining System Inc's off-site transfers fell from 354 lb in 2022 to 276 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Pasadena Refining System Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Pasadena Refining System Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 294.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 14% (45.3K lbs to 38.8K lbs).
Pasadena Refining System Inc: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Pasadena Refining System Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 14% from 2019 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: Xylene (mixed isomers).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 45.3K lbs | 26 |
| 2020 | 59.2K lbs | 26 |
| 2021 | 82.2K lbs | 23 |
| 2022 | 68.9K lbs | 22 |
| 2023 | 38.8K lbs | 21 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 8 of 27 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 46.5K lbs | - |
| Propylene | 36.6K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 36.3K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen cyanide | 32.6K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 30.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 22.2K lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 21.2K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 13.5K lbs | - |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 10.5K lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 9.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Naphthalene | 6.8K lbs | Carcinogen |
| 1,3-Butadiene | 6.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 6.1K lbs | - |
| Ethylene | 4.1K lbs | - |
| Cyclohexane | 3.7K lbs | - |
| Biphenyl | 3.4K lbs | - |
| Cumene | 2.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 1.5K lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 342 lbs | - |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 165 lbs | - |
| Chlorine | 113 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 6 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 1 lbs | - |
| Tetrachloroethylene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Molybdenum trioxide | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Zinc compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Phosphorus (yellow or white) | 0 lbs | - |
Pasadena Refining System Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Pasadena Refining System Inc
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Macdermid, Pasadena Fabrication Facility, Global Pasadena Terminal, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Petroleum Facilities
Other Petroleum facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Marathon Petroleum Co LP Ohio Refining Div, Safety-Kleen Systems Inc., Calcasieu Refining Co.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Pasadena Refining System Inc on cumulative reported pounds (294.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (27). Release-pound peers include Anheuser-Busch LLC, Ducommun Aerostructures, Bayer Cropscience LP. Chemical-count peers include Nd Paper Inc. - Rumford Div, Veolia Es Technical Solutions L.L.C., Keystone Power 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).
- Nd Paper Inc. - Rumford Div Rumford, ME · Paper 27 chemicals
- Veolia Es Technical Solutions L.L.C. Middlesex, NJ · Hazardous Waste 27 chemicals
- Keystone Power Plant Shelocta, PA · Electric Utilities 27 chemicals
- Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining Philadelphia Refinery Philadelphia, PA · Petroleum 27 chemicals
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 Xylene (mixed isomers), Propylene, Toluene, Hydrogen cyanide; nearby reporters include Macdermid. Pasadena Refining System Inc stamps MID 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 Pasadena Refining System Inc TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Xylene (mixed isomers)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Pasadena Refining System Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Pasadena, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 324110 · Petroleum. 0.1% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Anheuser-Busch LLC (Δ 53 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Pasadena Refining System Inc stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Xylene (mixed isomers). 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