EPA TRI Facility · Natural Gas Processing
Yoakum Cryogenic Plant
Yoakum, TX · Parent: Enterprise Products Operating LLC
- Total releases
- 130.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 9
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Yoakum Cryogenic Plant: how the 130.0K lbs splits
130.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 117.9K lbs 90.7%
- Air Releases 12.1K lbs 9.3%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Yoakum Cryogenic Plant's 130.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 90.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 9.3%. 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.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Yoakum Cryogenic Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Yoakum, TX, in the natural gas processing sector. It reported 109.7K lbs of releases across 9 chemicals in 2023, and 130.0K lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,033 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. Yoakum Cryogenic Plant is pounds #398 and chemical-count #314 at 130.0K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Ranch Hand - 153; Eog Resources Inc Shiner Hub; Armstrong Gas Plant; Eog Resources Inc. T. R. Marshall Hub. Similar-scale Natural Gas Processing peers outside Texas: Zia II Gas Plant; Occidental - North Hobbs Unit Rcf & Wib; 50 Buttes; Geismar Fractination Plant. Other Enterprise Products Operating LLC sites in this extract: Enterprise Products Operating LLC; Chaco Gas Plant; East Storage / Splitter III Facility; Enterprise Products Operating LLC Baton Rouge Fractionator. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Toluene; Benzene; m-Xylene.
Yoakum Cryogenic Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (90.7% off-site transfers) across 9 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 130.0K lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Zia II Gas Plant and Occidental - North Hobbs Unit Rcf & Wib.
Yoakum Cryogenic Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
130K lbs Top 16% higher than 84% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Yoakum Cryogenic Plant inside Lavaca's TRI pounds
Among the 339 Natural Gas Processing facilities in this database, Yoakum Cryogenic Plant reports the 40th-largest volume, placing it in the top 11.8% of its sector. This one site accounts for 47.3% of every pound reported in Lavaca. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: n-Hexane alone is 78.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Zia II Gas Plant and Occidental - North Hobbs Unit Rcf & Wib.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Lavaca's reported pounds (274.7K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Yoakum Cryogenic Plant's total reported releases rose from 20.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 109.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Yoakum Cryogenic Plant's off-site transfers rose from 13.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 104.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Yoakum Cryogenic Plant's air releases fell from 7.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Yoakum Cryogenic 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 Yoakum Cryogenic Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 130.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases increased by 440% (20.3K lbs to 109.7K lbs).
Yoakum Cryogenic Plant: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Yoakum Cryogenic Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 440% 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 | 20.3K lbs | 9 |
| 2023 | 109.7K lbs | 9 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). 2 of 9 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 102.1K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 11.6K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 11.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| m-Xylene | 1.8K lbs | - |
| Cyclohexane | 1.0K lbs | - |
| p-Xylene | 971 lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 792 lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 494 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methanol | 0 lbs | - |
Yoakum Cryogenic Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Yoakum Cryogenic Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Ranch Hand - 153, Eog Resources Inc Shiner Hub, Armstrong Gas 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. Zia II Gas Plant, Occidental - North Hobbs Unit Rcf & Wib, 50 Buttes.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Yoakum Cryogenic Plant on cumulative reported pounds (130.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (9). Release-pound peers include Nemak USA Inc-Gateway, Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc, Nexpera - Morses Mill. Chemical-count peers include Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC, Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant, Solutia Inc. 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).
- Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC Barceloneta, PR · Chemicals 9 chemicals
- Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant Puerto Nuevo, PR · Electric Utilities 9 chemicals
- Solutia Inc Springfield, MA · Plastics and Rubber 9 chemicals
- O'Connell Oil Co Merrill Road Facility Pittsfield, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 9 chemicals
Other Enterprise Products Operating LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Chaco Gas Plant, East Storage / Splitter III Facility.
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, Toluene, Benzene, m-Xylene; nearby reporters include Ranch Hand - 153. Yoakum Cryogenic Plant stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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 Yoakum Cryogenic Plant TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead n-Hexane) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Yoakum Cryogenic Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Yoakum, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 211130 · Natural Gas Processing. 47.3% of Lavaca TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Nemak USA Inc-Gateway (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Yoakum Cryogenic Plant stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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