Union Pacific Railroad Announces 14th Annual Pinnacle Award Winners for Chemical Transportation Safety

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OMAHA, Neb.--(Business Wire)--
Union Pacific Railroad has announced its 14th annual Pinnacle Award recipients
for chemical transportation safety. The award annually recognizes companies that
have implemented successful prevention and corrective plans and have achieved a
rate of zero non-accident releases (NARs) for shipments of regulated hazardous
materials.

"This is Union Pacific`s opportunity to acknowledge and thank our customers for
their continuing efforts to eliminate chemical releases from rail cars," said
Diane Duren, vice president and general manager - chemicals. "Rail is the safest
way to haul the chemicals that Americans use every day, whether it is chlorine
for drinking water or fertilizer for our farms that help feed the world.

"We work closely with our customers to help prevent a release during transit of
chemical shipments and jointly demonstrate a commitment to the safe
transportation of hazardous materials."

The award program, which began in 1996, is open to all of Union Pacific chemical
and petrochemical customers. Criteria include safe loading techniques,
securement of shipments and zero non-accident releases.

Non-accident releases of hazardous material on Union Pacific's network have
declined approximately 15 percent since 2002 due in part to increased
inspections by the railroad's hazardous material safety field personnel and the
Pinnacle Award criteria.

Railroads annually transport more than 1.5 million carloads of hazardous cargo.
Rail is the safest way to move this material. In fact, 2009 was the safest year
in freight railroad history according to preliminary data from the Federal
Railroad Administration.

Union Pacific's rail network enables it to serve the large chemical complexes
along the Gulf Coast. Roughly two-thirds of the company's chemical business
originates, terminates or travels through this area. Union Pacific's chemical
franchise also accesses chemical producers in the Rocky Mountains and on the
West Coast.

The 59 Pinnacle Award recipients for 2010 (based on 2009 shipments) are:

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Afton Chemical Corporation
AkzoNobel Chemicals, Inc.
Arizona Chemical Company, LLC
Arkalon Ethanol, LLC
ASHTA Chemicals, Inc.
CALAMCO
Celanese Corporation
CF Industries, Inc.
Chevron Oronite Company
Devon Energy Corporation
Eastman Chemical Company
El Dorado Chemical Company
Equa-Chlor
ERCO Worldwide USA
General Chemical Corporation
Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls, LLC
Georgia-Pacific Chemicals, LLC
Hawkeye Renewables
ICL Performance Products
Innophos, Inc.
International Commodities Export Corporation
Kemira Water Solution
Koch Nitrogen Company, LLC
Koch Sulfur Products Company, LLC
LCI, Ltd.
Lincolnway Energy
Marathon
Marsulex
Mexichem Flúor S.A. de C.V.
Methanex Methanol Company
NA Industries, Inc.
NorFalco
Nova Chemicals
Orica USA
OXEA Corporation
PCS Sales (USA), Inc.
Pioneer Oil, LLC
POET Biorefining - Ashton
POET Biorefining - Emmetsburg
POET Biorefining - Glenville
POET Biorefining - Hudson
POET Biorefining - Jewell
POET Biorefining - Lake Crystal
PPG Industries, Inc.
Sasol North America, Inc.
Shintech Louisiana, LLC
SI Group
Solvay Chemicals, Inc.
Taminco
Teck Metals Ltd.
Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc.
Thatcher Company
U S Magnesium LLC
Univar USA
US Ecology, Inc.
Valero Marketing and Supply Company
Western Refining
Williams NGL Marketing

About Union Pacific

Union Pacific Corporation owns one of America's leading transportation
companies. Its principal operating company, Union Pacific Railroad, links 23
states in the western two-thirds of the country. Union Pacific serves many of
the fastest-growing U.S. population centers and provides Americans with a
fuel-efficient, environmentally friendly and safe mode of freight
transportation. Union Pacific's diversified business mix includes Agricultural
Products, Automotive, Chemicals, Energy, Industrial Products and Intermodal. The
railroad emphasizes excellent customer service and offers competitive routes
from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways. Union
Pacific connects with Canada's rail systems and is the only railroad serving all
six major gateways to Mexico.

Union Pacific Railroad
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