32 Rail Customers Earn Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award

NORFOLK, Va., May 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Norfolk Southern Corporation has recognized the safety performance of 32 of its rail transportation customers with the Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award for 2006.

The awards, given annually for 11 years, are presented to companies that ship more than 1,000 carloads of hazardous chemicals without incident.

“As the transportation and chemicals industries face increased scrutiny over the safety and security of hazardous chemicals shipments, your incident- free handling on Norfolk Southern’s rail network is a shining example of superior safety performance,” said Norfolk Southern Chief Executive Officer Wick Moorman in letters of congratulation to the award recipients.

   Customers earning the award for 2006 are:    – Airgas Carbonic Inc.    – Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc.    – American Ecology Corporation    – BP    – Citgo Asphalt Refining Co.    – the ConocoPhillips Company plant at Wood River, Ill.    – The Dow Chemical Company    – the E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company plant at Belle, W.Va.    – Equistar Chemicals, LP    – ERCO Worldwide    – Ethanol Products, LLC    – Flint Hills Resources    – Georgia Gulf Corporation    – Horsehead Resources    – International Commodities Export Corporation    – INVISTA S.a.r.l.    – Koppers Inc.    – Lucite International Inc.    – Lyondell Chemical Company    – NOVA Chemicals (Canada Ltd.)    – Nucor Corp.    – Occidental Chemical Corporation    – the Olin Corporation Chlor Alkali Division plants at McIntosh, Ala.,      and Nixon, Ga.    – PotashCorp    – PPG Industries Inc.    – The Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co.    – Rhodia Inc.    – Rohm and Haas Company    – Sunoco Chemicals Inc.    – TexPar Energy    – Tronox Incorporated    – Valero Marketing & Supply Company   

Norfolk Southern Corporation is one of the nation’s premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway subsidiary operates approximately 21,000 route miles in 22 states, the District of Columbia and Ontario, Canada, serving every major container port in the eastern United States and providing superior connections to western rail carriers. NS operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East and is North America’s largest rail carrier of metals and automotive products.

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