Cleanup is almost complete at the former site of an unpermitted railroad tie grinding business in Newberry. The sole Florida location of Texas-based Track Line Rail LLC operated for five months before environmental violations forced it to pause.
Track Line moved into a lot near Northwest 5th Avenue and U.S. Route 41 in January and soon began receiving carts full of used, chemical-coated wooden supports known as ties. It ground the ties into mulch to be sold as a fuel source for neighboring cement kilns.
Residents, some living within 100 feet of the site, reported foul odors and fine dust…