News Release

BNSF Receives American Chemistry Council's Responsible Care Management System® Certification

Fort Worth, Texas, February 4, 2008:

BNSF Railway Company today announced it has received certification for implementing the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC's) Responsible Care Management System (RCMS)®.

RCMS® is a health, safety, security and environmental continuous improvement process developed by the ACC that applies an integrated, structured approach to drive results in seven key areas: Community awareness and emergency response; security; distribution; employee health and safety; pollution prevention; process safety; and product stewardship.

"BNSF's first priority is the safety of its employees, customers and the communities in which it operates. The RCMS® certification is another commitment BNSF has made to continuously improve standards of performance when it comes to the transportation of chemical products," says Mark Stehly, assistant vice president, Environment and Research and Development. "BNSF has a long history of working with its chemical shippers to improve transportation safety, and we strive to make protecting the environment a way of life and an ongoing commitment for every employee because it is the right thing to do for our customers, our employees and the communities in which we operate."

About BNSF’s Environmental Efforts

BNSF is a leader in environmental stewardship. Rail is the most fuel efficient mode of surface transportation, moving a ton of freight more than 400 miles on a single gallon of diesel fuel. As the rail industry’s intermodal leader, each BNSF intermodal train can take more than 300 long-haul trucks off the nation’s crowded highways.

About BNSF Railway Company

A subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE:BNI), BNSF Railway Company operates one of the largest North American rail networks, with about 32,000 route miles in 28 states and two Canadian provinces. BNSF is among the world's top transporters of intermodal traffic, moves more grain than any other American railroad, carries the components of many of the products we depend on daily, and hauls enough low-sulfur coal to generate about ten percent of the electricity produced in the United States. BNSF is an industry leader in Web-enabling a variety of customer transactions at www.bnsf.com.

BNSF Headquarters
BNSF Railway Company
2650 Lou Menk Dr. 2nd Floor
Fort Worth, TX 76131-2830
P.O. Box 961057
Fort Worth, TX 76161-0057
Phone: (817) 352-1000