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Rail request 
Palmetto Railways filed for a permit to build a rail line that Volvo can use to transport cars from its Berkeley County plant. The request seeks approval to fill 103 acres of wetlands and clear another 17 acres. The nearly 23-mile line would connect the plant with existing tracks near Cross.

Palmetto Railways is proposing ways to offset the wetlands it would fill.

The exact cost of the project has not been determined.