William J. Flanagan

not adhered to the interim agreement," FAA Airports Division Manager William Flanagan wrote.

The article reports that Bill Flanagan of the FAA confirmed that "there is a fair amount of work that needs to be done to bring it up to FAA standards."

The article reports that Bill Flanagan of the FAA confirmed that "there is a fair amount of work that needs to be done to bring it up to FAA standards.

William Flanagan, manager of the FAA's Airports Division, wrote that several hundred acres the FAA helped Ocean City buy for the airport with a federal grant in the 1970s will never be needed for its expansion.
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Since the FAA doesn't want its original grant to have supported a permanent golf course, Flanagan wrote, "the property must be sold and the net proceeds deposited directly into the airport fund."

Alternatively, Flanagan wrote, the town could repay for the land, or "release" it, canceling the effects of the original grant.The letter places the land's value at $13.3 million.If that is done, the town could continue to run the golf course, Flanagan wrote.He asked the town to take "corrective action" by April 10.

In a letter to VanKirk dated Aug. 6, William J. Flanagan, manager of the FAA's Eastern Region Airports Division, said the benefit-cost analysis "does not support federal funding for a new regional airport at this time."

The EIS, which cost a total of $3.8 million, concluded that the plan "will not result in a significant adverse (environmental) impact," reported William Flanagan, FAA Eastern Region manager.