Forty-six Norfolk Southern Customers Earn Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award for 2009

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May 03, 2010, 12:00 ET

NORFOLK, Va., May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) announced today that 46 customers will receive the company's Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award for 2009 in recognition of their safe handling of hazardous chemical products.

Given annually for 14 years, the award is earned by a company or facility that ships more than 1,000 carloads of hazardous material without incident for the year. In 2009, 38 corporations and eight plants attained that achievement. Altogether, they safely shipped more than 120,000 carloads of goods that are vital to American communities and commerce but could be dangerous if mishandled. These materials range from industrial chemicals and petroleum products to sulfur and related chemicals.

"We are pleased to recognize these valued customers for their outstanding industry leadership in chemical safety," said Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman. "By their unrelenting commitment to safe practices, they demonstrate on a daily basis the value of rail transportation as the safest, most reliable way to move their product. We salute these customers for partnering with us to make safety the No. 1 priority, and for their efforts to help make Norfolk Southern the safest railroad in North America."

Customers earning the award for 2009 are:

Airgas Carbonic Inc.
Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc.
American Ecology Corporation
The Andersons, Inc. Ethanol Division
ArcelorMittal USA
Aventine Renewable Energy, Inc.
BASF Corporation
BP
Cargill Biofuels
ConocoPhillips
The Dow Chemical Company
Eastman Chemical Company plant at Kingsport, Tenn.
ERCO Worldwide
ExxonMobil
Finnchem USA Inc.
Glacial Lakes Energy LLC
Global Ethanol
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc.
Hawkeye Gold
Heartland Grain Fuels
Husky Marketing and Supply Company
INEOS USA LLC
INVISTA S.a.r.l.
Koppers Inc.
Linde LLC
Lyondell Chemical Company
Marathon Petroleum Company, LLC
Marquis Energy
Olin Corporation Chlor Alkali Division plant at Nixon, Ga.
Olin Corporation Chlor Alkali Division plant at Charleston, Tenn.
Nucor Corp.
NuStar Marketing LLC
One Earth Energy
PCS Phosphate plant at White Springs, Fla.
Platinum Ethanol
POET Ethanol Products
Rhodia Inc.
Sunbelt Chlor Alkali Partnership
Sunoco, Inc. (R&M) plant at Toledo, Ohio
Sunoco Chemicals, Inc., plant at Frankford, Pa.
Targa Transport, LLC
Tennessee Valley Authority
Transmontaigne
Valero Marketing & Supply plant at Paulsboro, N.J.
Valero Marketing & Supply plant at Reybold, Del.
WRB Refining LLC.

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is one of the nation's premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway subsidiary operates approximately 21,000 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every major container port in the eastern United States, and provides efficient connections to other rail carriers. Norfolk Southern operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East and is a major transporter of coal and industrial products.

SOURCE Norfolk Southern Corporation