EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum
Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal
Houston, TX · Parent: Valero Energy Corp
- Total releases
- 490 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 9
- Carcinogens
- 5
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal: how the 490 lbs splits
490 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 464 lbs 94.8%
- Water Discharges 16 lbs 3.2%
- Land Disposal 10 lbs 2.0%
Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal's 490 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 94.8% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 3.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Houston, TX, in the petroleum sector. It reported 41 lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2023, and 490 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,850 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. Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal is pounds #1376 and chemical-count #359 at 490 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Usgypsum Co Galena Park; Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery; Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery; Huntsman International LLC. Similar-scale Petroleum peers outside Texas: Apac-Mississippi Inc Mt. Olive Asphalt Plant; Polyglass USA Inc; Gaf Materials Mfg LLC; Quaker Houghton Pa ,inc. Other Valero Energy Corp sites in this extract: Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery; Valero Refining-Texas LP; Diamond Shamrock Refining Co LP; Valero Refining-Texas LP Corpus Christi West Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Ethylbenzene; Styrene; Naphthalene.
Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (94.8% air releases) across 9 chemicals · 5 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 490 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Apac-Mississippi Inc Mt. Olive Asphalt Plant and Polyglass USA Inc.
Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
490 lbs 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal in the Petroleum sector extract
Among the 902 Petroleum facilities in this database, Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal reports the 363rd-largest volume (490 lbs). Scale peers outside Texas include Apac-Mississippi Inc Mt. Olive Asphalt Plant and Polyglass USA Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal Form-R facts
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See how Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
91% less than the comparison
80% more 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 Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 490 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 84% (265 lbs to 41 lbs).
Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 84% 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: Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 265 lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 74 lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 68 lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 41 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 41 lbs | 7 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 5 of 9 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 278 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylbenzene | 87 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Styrene | 63 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Naphthalene | 43 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Zinc compounds | 20 lbs | - |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
| Cumene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 0 lbs | - |
| Toluene | 0 lbs | - |
Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Usgypsum Co Galena Park, Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery, Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery, 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. Apac-Mississippi Inc Mt. Olive Asphalt Plant, Polyglass USA Inc, Gaf Materials Mfg LLC.
Other Valero Energy Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery, Valero Refining-Texas LP, Diamond Shamrock Refining Co LP.
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 Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Ethylbenzene, Styrene, Naphthalene; nearby reporters include Usgypsum Co Galena Park. Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal stamps TRACE 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 Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Polycyclic aromatic compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Houston, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 324121 · Petroleum. 0.0% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Watson & Chalin Manufacturing Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Polycyclic aromatic compounds. 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