EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum
Valero Refining-Texas LP
Texas City, TX · Parent: Valero Energy Corp
- Total releases
- 8.0M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 47
- Carcinogens
- 14
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Valero Refining-Texas LP: how the 8.0M lbs splits
8.0M lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 6.2M lbs 77.6%
- Air Releases 1.4M lbs 18.0%
- Off-site Transfers 347.6K lbs 4.4%
- Land Disposal 1.9K lbs <0.1%
Valero Refining-Texas LP's 8.0M lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 77.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 18.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
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.
HEAVY volume WATER pathway CARC-LEAN
Valero Refining-Texas LP is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Texas City, TX, in the petroleum sector. It reported 1.3M lbs of releases across 36 chemicals in 2023, and 8.0M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 268 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 Refining-Texas LP is pounds #26 and chemical-count #22 at 8.0M 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: Bp Amoco Chemical Company; Ineos Styrolution America LLC; Blanchard Refining Co LLC; Air Products Industrial Gases LLC. Similar-scale Petroleum peers outside Texas: Bp Products Na Whiting Business Unit; Chevron Products Co Pascagoula Refinery; Citgo Petroleum Corp; Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Refinery (part). Other Valero Energy Corp sites in this extract: Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery; Diamond Shamrock Refining Co LP; Valero Refining-Texas LP Corpus Christi West Plant; Premcor Refining Group Inc Port Arthur. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Hydrogen cyanide; Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Ozone.
Valero Refining-Texas LP stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant WATER pathway (77.6% water discharges) across 47 chemicals · 14 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 8.0M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Bp Products Na Whiting Business Unit and Chevron Products Co Pascagoula Refinery.
Valero Refining-Texas LP vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
8.0M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Valero Refining-Texas LP: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 902 Petroleum facilities in this database, Valero Refining-Texas LP reports the 11th-largest volume, placing it in the top 1.2% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 76.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Bp Products Na Whiting Business Unit and Chevron Products Co Pascagoula Refinery.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Valero Refining-Texas LP's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 76.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Valero Refining-Texas LP's total reported releases fell from 1.4 million lb in 2022 to 1.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Valero Refining-Texas LP's land releases fell from 304 lb in 2022 to 8 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Valero Refining-Texas LP's off-site transfers fell from 41.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Valero Refining-Texas LP's water releases fell from 1.1 million lb in 2022 to 1.0 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Valero Refining-Texas LP Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Valero Refining-Texas LP releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 8.0M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 25% (1.7M lbs to 1.3M lbs).
Valero Refining-Texas LP: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Valero Refining-Texas LP year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 25% 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.7M lbs | 43 |
| 2020 | 1.8M lbs | 37 |
| 2021 | 1.8M lbs | 41 |
| 2022 | 1.4M lbs | 37 |
| 2023 | 1.3M lbs | 36 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 14 of 47 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Valero Refining-Texas LP · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Valero Refining-Texas LP
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Bp Amoco Chemical Company, Ineos Styrolution America LLC, Blanchard Refining Co LLC, 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. Bp Products Na Whiting Business Unit, Chevron Products Co Pascagoula Refinery, Citgo Petroleum Corp.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Valero Refining-Texas LP on cumulative reported pounds (8.0M lbs) and distinct chemical count (47). Release-pound peers include Cargill Meat Solutions Corp, Westrock Mill Co LLC, Miller Steam Plant. Chemical-count peers include Continental Cement Co LLC, Chevron Products Co Pascagoula Refinery, Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Continental Cement Co LLC Hannibal, MO · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 47 chemicals
- Chevron Products Co Pascagoula Refinery Pascagoula, MS · Petroleum 46 chemicals
- Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC Rosemount, MN · Petroleum 48 chemicals
- Chevron Products Co Richmond Refinery Richmond, CA · Petroleum 46 chemicals
Other Valero Energy Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery, Diamond Shamrock Refining Co LP, Valero Refining-Texas LP Corpus Christi West 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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Hydrogen cyanide, Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Ozone; nearby reporters include Bp Amoco Chemical Company. Valero Refining-Texas LP stamps HEAVY volume · WATER 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 Valero Refining-Texas LP TRI extract (HEAVY · WATER · CARC-LEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Valero Refining-Texas LP totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Texas City, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 324110 · Petroleum. 16.9% of Galveston TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cargill Meat Solutions Corp (Δ 26.3K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Valero Refining-Texas LP stamps HEAVY volume · WATER pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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