EPA TRI Facility · Natural Gas Processing
Silver Plant
Sterling City, TX
- Total releases
- 53.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Silver Plant: how the 53.1K lbs splits
53.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 41.6K lbs 78.3%
- Off-site Transfers 11.6K lbs 21.7%
Silver Plant's 53.1K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 78.3% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 21.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Benzene.
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-HEAVY
Silver Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Sterling City, TX, in the natural gas processing sector. It reported 22.9K lbs of releases across 8 chemicals in 2023, and 53.1K lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,997 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. Silver Plant is pounds #581 and chemical-count #394 at 53.1K 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: Sterling Gas Plant; Rawhide Gas Plant; Deadwood Cryo Plant; Bearkat Cryogenic Plant. Similar-scale Natural Gas Processing peers outside Texas: Enable Products/cox City Processing; Eunice Plant; Wetumka Gas Processing Plant; Kingman Gas Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Benzene; Toluene; n-Hexane; Cyclohexane.
Silver Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (78.3% air releases) across 8 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 53.1K lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Enable Products/cox City Processing and Eunice Plant.
Silver Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
53K lbs Top 23% higher than 77% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Silver Plant inside Sterling's TRI pounds
Among the 339 Natural Gas Processing facilities in this database, Silver Plant reports the 99th-largest volume (53.1K lbs). This one site accounts for 64.1% of every pound reported in Sterling. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 51.9% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Texas include Enable Products/cox City Processing and Eunice Plant.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Sterling's reported pounds (82.9K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Silver Plant's total reported releases fell from 30.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 22.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Silver Plant's off-site transfers rose from 4.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Silver Plant's air releases fell from 25.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Silver Plant Form-R facts
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See how Silver Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
79% more than the comparison
27% less than the comparison
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 Silver Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 53.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases decreased by 24% (30.2K lbs to 22.9K lbs).
Silver Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Silver Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 24% 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: Benzene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30.2K lbs | 8 |
| 2023 | 22.9K 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Benzene | 27.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 10.8K lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 8.8K lbs | - |
| Cyclohexane | 3.1K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 2.9K lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 0 lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 0 lbs | - |
Silver Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Silver Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Sterling Gas Plant, Rawhide Gas Plant, Deadwood Cryo 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. Enable Products/cox City Processing, Eunice Plant, Wetumka Gas Processing Plant.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Silver Plant on cumulative reported pounds (53.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Vesuvius USA Charleston Plant, US Chrome Corp of Il, Americas Styrenics Allyns Point Plant. 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.
- Vesuvius USA Charleston Plant Charleston, IL · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 53.1K lbs reported
- US Chrome Corp of Il Kingston, IL · Fabricated Metals 53.2K lbs reported
- Americas Styrenics Allyns Point Plant Gales Ferry, CT · Chemicals 53.2K lbs reported
- Siegfried USA LLC Pennsville, NJ · Chemicals 53.1K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Benzene, Toluene, n-Hexane, Cyclohexane; nearby reporters include Sterling Gas Plant. Silver 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 Silver Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Benzene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Silver Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Sterling City, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 211130 · Natural Gas Processing. 64.1% of Sterling TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Vesuvius USA Charleston Plant (Δ 24 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Silver Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Benzene. 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