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Residents, council raise environmental and safety questions after FAA assessment for drone deliveries
Summary
A Wixom resident urged council caution after reviewing Amazon's FAA environmental assessment, citing gaps in biological and hazardous-material studies in a Clinton River watershed community; Assistant City Manager Benson said the city has not yet received a formal Amazon application.
At the Jan. 27 meeting, a Wixom resident asked the council to scrutinize proposed drone delivery operations after viewing an FAA environmental assessment and raised concerns about local environmental impacts.
Anna Bechtel, who identified herself as a Wixom resident, asked whether Amazon was requesting local permission or merely performing an FAA pre-application environmental review. Assistant City Manager Benson responded that "the city does not currently have an application from Amazon to start that service here,"…
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