Superfund
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation has been linked by the EPA to these polluted sites.

The Center contacted each company to confirm involvement with these Superfund sites. Relevant communications with the companies appear in the “See Related Documents” link. Superfund Site Status is current as of March 2007. Data about Potential Responsibility was obtained in April 2006. Campaign contribution data is from the Center for Responsive Politics.

For more information, read “EPA Document Lists Firms Tied to Superfund Sites” and How We Did It.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
Burlington Northern Railroad merged with Santa Fe Pacific to form Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation in 1995.


Superfund Site Status List of sites
Number of sites linked to this company, and its subsidiaries, by status on the EPA’s National Priorities List:
Proposed for list: FAQs 0
Currently on list: FAQs 33
Deleted from list (cleaned up): FAQs 12
Total sites: 45

Number of above sites that EPA labels as:
"Construction Complete": FAQs 24
"Human Exposure" not under control: FAQs 0
"Contaminated Groundwater Migration" not under control: FAQs 0

Potential Responsibility FAQs
Sites where this company may have sole responsibility: 3
Sites where this company may share responsibility: 42

Federal Money and Influence
Campaign Contributions (1998-2006): $5,591,745
Federal Lobbying (1998-2005): $11,102,200
Travel sponsored for EPA officials (1997-2005): $0
Travel sponsored for congressional officials (1998-2005): $199,604





Superfund sites linked to this company:

Site NameCityStateSingle-/Multi-Party Responsibility
29TH & MEAD GROUND WATER CONTAMINATIONWICHITAKSMulti
ADAMS COUNTY QUINCY LANDFILLS 2&3QUINCYILMulti
AMERICAN CREOSOTE WORKS, INC. (PENSACOLA PLANT)PENSACOLAFLMulti
ARMOUR ROADNORTH KANSAS CITYMOMulti
AT & SF (CLOVIS)CLOVISNMSingle
AT&SF (ALBUQUERQUE)ALBUQUERQUENMSingle
ATLAS ASBESTOS MINECOALINGACAMulti
BRODERICK WOOD PRODUCTSDENVERCOMulti
BROWN & BRYANT, INC. (ARVIN PLANT)ARVINCAMulti
BUNKER HILL MINING & METALLURGICAL COMPLEXSMELTERVILLEIDMulti
BURLINGTON NORTHERN (BRAINERD/BAXTER PLANT)BRAINERD/BAXTERMNSingle
CAM-OR INC.WESTVILLEINMulti
CASMALIA RESOURCESCASMALIACAMulti
CHEMICAL COMMODITIES, INC.OLATHEKSMulti
COALINGA ASBESTOS MINECOALINGACAMulti
COMMENCEMENT BAY, NEAR SHORE/TIDE FLATSPIERCE COUNTYWAMulti
COMMENCEMENT BAY, SOUTH TACOMA CHANNELTACOMAWAMulti
DENVER RADIUM SITEDENVERCOMulti
DUBOSE OIL PRODUCTS CO.CANTONMENTFLMulti
EAST HELENA SITEEAST HELENAMTMulti
GOULD, INC.PORTLANDORMulti
HARBOR ISLAND (LEAD)SEATTLEWAMulti
HARDAGE/CRINERCRINEROKMulti
HASTINGS GROUND WATER CONTAMINATIONHASTINGSNEMulti
IDAHO POLE CO.BOZEMANMTMulti
IMPERIAL REFINING COMPANYARDMOREOKMulti
LIBBY ASBESTOS SITELIBBYMTMulti
LOWRY LANDFILLAURORACOMulti
MALONE SERVICE CO - SWAN LAKE PLANTTEXAS CITYTXMulti
MISSOURI ELECTRIC WORKSCAPE GIRARDEAUMOMulti
MONTANA POLE AND TREATINGBUTTEMTMulti
MOTCO, INC.LA MARQUETXMulti
MYSTERY BRIDGE RD/U.S. HIGHWAY 20EVANSVILLEWYMulti
OAK GROVE SANITARY LANDFILLOAK GROVE TOWNSHIPMNMulti
PORTLAND HARBORPORTLANDORMulti
PURITY OIL SALES, INC.MALAGACAMulti
SAND CREEK INDUSTRIALCOMMERCE CITYCOMulti
SAND SPRINGS PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEXSAND SPRINGSOKMulti
SILVER BOW CREEK/BUTTE AREABUTTEMTMulti
SOUTH 8TH STREET LANDFILLWEST MEMPHISARMulti
SPOKANE JUNKYARD/ASSOCIATED PROPERTIESSPOKANEWAMulti
ST. REGIS PAPER CO.CASS LAKEMNMulti
TULALIP LANDFILLMARYSVILLEWAMulti
UNION SCRAP IRON & METAL CO.MINNEAPOLISMNMulti
WESTERN PROCESSING CO., INC.KENTWAMulti