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CSX has agreed to remove creosote-treated railroad ties from the Dunnellon area following resident complaints.

The railroad ties will be loaded onto 22 rail cars and shipped out of state in a repeating process until all are gone.

Residents and local officials had raised health and environmental concerns about the ties being near homes and the Rainbow River.

County officials are discussing potential soil and water quality testing with CSX after the removal is complete.

On Dec. 4, Republican state Rep. JJ Grow told Dunnellon residents that CSX officials promised to remove creosote-treated railroad ties stacked in and outside of the community.

Now, it appears, that CSX promise is becoming a reality.

In a Dec. 10 email, Linda Blackburn, an assistant county attorney

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