[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89004-89005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28322]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Final Action of Waiver With Respect to Land; Coleman A. 
Young Municipal Airport, Detroit, MI

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is providing notice of a release of Federal 
obligations for one land parcel at Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport, 
Detroit, Michigan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Georgina McDonald, Program Manager, 
Federal Aviation Administration, Detroit Airports District Office, 
11677 S Wayne Rd., Romulus, MI 48174-1412. Telephone Number: (734) 229-
2900/FAX Number: (734) 229-2950.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The City of Detroit, Airport Sponsor of the 
Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport has requested a release of all FAA 
obligations for 34.21 acres of property that was previously owned by 
the airport. The subject parcel, identified as Parcel 16, was included 
in a property exchange brokered by the City of Detroit and disposed of 
without FAA authorization in 2019.
    Parcel 16 was acquired by the Airport Sponsor on September 19, 1993 
and was funded in part under Federal Airport Improvement Program (AIP) 
Grant numbers 3-26-0027-1089 in June 1994 and 3-26-0027-0888 in June 
1997. On June 26, 2001, the FAA released the obligations on 23.00 acres 
of the 34.21-acre Parcel 16 to be leased for industrial development. 
The remaining 11.21 acres of Parcel 16 is located west of French Road, 
outside the airport operation area fence and is not needed for 
aeronautical purposes. It is entirely paved and its existing and 
proposed future use is for commercial vehicle parking. The FAA has 
confirmed that the Airport Sponsor has received fair market value for 
the sale of Parcel 16.
    The FAA has confirmed the disposition of proceeds from the sale of 
the airport property were in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 47107(c)(2)(B) 
and FAA's Policy and Procedures Concerning the Use of Airport Revenue, 
published in the Federal Register on February 16, 1999 (64 FR 7696).
    In accordance with section 125 of The Wendell H. Ford Aviation 
Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR-21) the FAA is 
providing notice that the FAA is releasing the subject airport property 
described below at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport, Detroit, 
Michigan, from federal obligations.
    The subject property is described as: All that part of Fractional 
Section 5, T.1 S., R. 12E., City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, 
described as part of Lots 2 and 7, all of lots 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Engel's 
Subdivision as recorded in Liber 11 of Plats, Page 73, Wayne County 
Records, also lots 154 through 197, both inclusive, except for the 
North 12' thereof of Bolton Subdivision as recorded in Liber 37 of 
Plats, Page 36, Wayne County Records, also Lots 237 through 249, both 
inclusive, except for the North 12' thereof of Bolton No. 1 Subdivision 
as recorded in Liber 39 of Plats, Page 29, Wayne County Records, also 
Lot 16 of Leander Rivard Farm Subdivision as recorded in Liber 28 of 
Plats, Page 4, Wayne County, Michigan, also all that part of vacated 
Molena Ave., 30 ft. wide, lying adjacent to and Southerly of said Lots 
154 through 197, and Lots 237-249, vacated Gilbo Ave., 50 ft. wide, 
lying adjacent to and between said Lots 175 and 176, and the vacated 
Public Alley adjacent to said Lot 16, being more particularly described 
as: Beginning at the intersection of the Southerly line of Molena Ave., 
30 ft. wide, with the Westerly Line of French Road, 36 ft. wide; thence 
S 35[deg]48'23'' E. 66.97 ft. along the Westerly Line of said French

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Road; thence S 63[deg]34'25'' W. 1,000.00 ft.; thence S 26[deg]04'30'' 
E. 325.79 ft.; thence S 38[deg]16'30'' W, 114.92 ft.; thence 206.23 ft. 
along the arc of a curve to the right having a radius of 446.34 ft., 
chord bearing and distance of S 50[deg]56'38'' W. 204.55 ft.; thence S 
26[deg]21'30'' E. 22.00 ft.; thence S 63[deg]38'30'' W. 1,444.27 ft. 
along the Northerly Line of Madola Ave., 50 ft. wide; thence N 
26[deg]10'30'' W. 353.43 ft.; thence N 63[deg]31'20'' E. 410.29 ft.; 
thence N 27[deg]20'38 W. 159.12 ft.; thence N 34[deg]47'45'' W. 182.05 
ft.; thence N 63[deg]43'15'' E. 1,043.73 ft.; thence N 59[deg]10'42'' 
E. 50.00 ft.; thence N 63[deg]43'15'' E. 690.96 ft.; thence N 
30[deg]14'46'' W. 418.41 ft.; thence N 63[deg]52'55'' E. 299.58 ft. 
along the Southerly Line of Leander Ave., 50 ft. wide; thence the 
following two courses and distances alone the Westerly line of said 
French Rd.: S 33[deg]05'35'' E. 413.10 ft.; and S 35[deg]48'23'' E. 
194.85 ft. to the point of beginning.
    This release 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.

    Issued in Romulus, Michigan, on December 19, 2023.
Stephanie R. Swann,
Deputy Manager, Detroit Airports District Office, FAA, Great Lakes 
Region.
[FR Doc. 2023-28322 Filed 12-22-23; 8:45 am]
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