Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-3303
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Airport Property: Willow Run Airport, Detroit, MI
Posted Date: 2022-04-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 77 (Thursday, April 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23909-23910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08490]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent of Waiver With Respect to Land; Willow Run 
Airport, Detroit, Michigan

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is considering a proposal to change 22.5 acres of 
airport land from aeronautical use to non-aeronautical use and to 
authorize the sale of airport property located at Willow Run Airport, 
Detroit, Michigan. The aforementioned land is not needed for 
aeronautical use. The property is located on the east side of the 
airport, located west of Beck Road, south of D Street, and east of 
Third Street and is currently vacant land. The proposed sale will allow 
the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) to construct and operate a new 
water pump transfer station that will service the immediate surrounding 
community.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 23, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Documents are available for review by appointment at the FAA 
Detroit Airports District Office, Alex Erskine, Program Manager, 11677 
South Wayne Road, Suite 107, Romulus, MI 48174. Telephone: (734) 229-
2927/Fax: (734) 229-2950 and Wayne County Airport Authority, 11050 
Rogell Drive, Bldg. #602, Detroit, MI 48242.
    Written comments on the Sponsor's request must be delivered or 
mailed to: Alex Erskine, Program Manager, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Detroit

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Airports District Office, 11677 South Wayne Road, Suite 107, Romulus, 
MI 48174. Telephone: (734) 229-2927/Fax: (734) 229-2950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Erskine, Program Manager, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Detroit Airports District Office, 11677 South 
Wayne Road, Suite 107, Romulus, MI 48174. Telephone: (734) 229-2927/
Fax: (734) 229-2950.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 47107(h) of Title 
49, United States Code, this notice is required to be published in the 
Federal Register 30 days before modifying the land-use assurance that 
requires the property to be used for an aeronautical purpose.
    The property is currently vacant land with no current or proposed 
future aeronautical use. The land proposed for release and disposal was 
originally transferred by quitclaim deed to The Regents of the 
University of Michigan on January 15, 1947 jointly between the United 
States of America and Reconstruction Finance Corporation, both acting 
by and through the War Assets Administrator under and pursuant to 
Executive Order 9689, dated January 31, 1946, and the powers and 
authority contained in the provisions of the Surplus Property Act of 
1944, as amended. On January 31, 1977, the subject property was 
transferred by quitclaim deed to the Board of County Road Commissioners 
of the County of Wayne, Michigan. The Detroit County Airport Authority 
plans to sell the subject property at fair market value to the GLWA to 
construct and operate a new Ypsilanti water pump transfer station that 
will service the immediate surrounding community, and potentially the 
City of Ann Arbor in the future, with drinking water.
    The disposition of proceeds from the sale of the airport property 
will be in accordance with FAA's Policy and Procedures Concerning the 
Use of Airport Revenue, published in the Federal Register on February 
16, 1999 (64 FR 7696).
    This notice announces that the FAA is considering the release of 
the subject airport property at the Willow Run Airport, Detroit, 
Michigan from federal land covenants, subject to a reservation for 
continuing right of flight as well as restrictions on the released 
property as required in FAA Order 5190.6B section 22.16. Approval does 
not constitute a commitment by the FAA to financially assist in the 
disposal of the subject airport property nor a determination of 
eligibility for grant-in-aid funding from the FAA.
    A parcel of land located in the southeast quarter of section 8, 
T.3S., R.8E., Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michigan described as 
commencing at the East corner of Section 8, T.3S, R.8E., Van Buren 
Township, Wayne County, Michigan; thence along the East Line of said 
Section 8, South 01 Degrees 06 minutes 52 seconds East 832.26 feet; 
thence south 88 degrees 01 minutes 15 seconds West 33.00 feet to the 
point of beginning; thence along the West line of Beck Road right of 
way South 01 degrees 06 minutes 52 seconds East 773.47 feet; thence 
South 88 degrees 01 minutes 15 seconds West 1262.12 feet; thence North 
01 degrees 54 minutes 04 seconds West 773.38 feet; thence North 88 
degrees 01 minutes 15 seconds East 1272.74 feet to the point of 
beginning. Containing 980,205.0 square feet and/or 22.5 acres of land. 
Subject to reservations, restrictions and easements of records, if any.

    Issued in Romulus, Michigan, on April 15, 2022.
Stephanie Swann,
Deputy Manager, Detroit Airports District Office, FAA, Great Lakes 
Region.
[FR Doc. 2022-08490 Filed 4-20-22; 8:45 am]
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