Sterling Gas Plant
Total reported releases 28k lb more than tripled year over year (+388%). Total releases concentrations are up 16% since 2022.
14206 US HIGHWAY 87 N, Sterling City, Texas · 211130 · Natural Gas Processing · operated by Targa Resources CORP
Notable Signals
No notable signals at this facility for the current reporting year. See chemicals and equity context below for the full picture.
What This Facility Releases
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2022.
n-Hexane
n-Hexane concentrations are up 26% since 2023.
Cyclohexane
Cyclohexane concentrations have more than doubled since 2023.
Toluene
Toluene concentrations have more than doubled since 2022.
Xylene (mixed isomers)
Xylene (mixed isomers) concentrations are up 71% since 2022.
Benzene
Benzene concentrations have fallen 47% since 2022.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Sterling County County, TX (no Census block groups within 3 miles — falling back to containing county): a population of 1,392. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 (5-year), county-level fallback. Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.