February 15, 2012
A federal judge in Washington state on Tuesday approved a $2.5 million settlement in Puget Soundkeeper Alliance's suit accusing BNSF Railway Co. of allowing wastewater pollutants to filter into surface waters in violation of the Clean Water Act.
August 19, 2011
A federal judge in Washington state ruled Friday that BNSF Railway Co. violated the Clean Water Act by failing to honor the terms of a stormwater runoff permit issued by the state to regulate the discharge of pollutants from its Balmer Yard railway hub into the navigable Puget Sound waterways.