EVV CTLR EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING RESTRICTED TWR VIS BECAUSE OF OFF ARPT LIGHTING.

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LIGHTS ON WHIRLPOOL INC BUILDING S OF AIRFIELD (LARGE BUILDING IMMEDIATELY S OF ARPT) HAS FLOOD LIGHTS SHINING ON THE PARKING LOT N OF THE FACTORY. THESE LIGHTS ARE VERY BRIGHT. NOW THAT RWY 18/36 IS OPEN AGAIN; THESE LIGHTS MAKE IDENTIFICATION OF ACFT ON TXWY C (FORMERLY TXWY H) VERY DIFFICULT. TWR CANNOT TELL IF ACFT ARE HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 36; OR HAVE TAXIED ONTO THE RWY/DEPARTING; ETC. SIMPLY ANGLING THESE LIGHTS DOWN WOULD PROBABLY HELP TREMENDOUSLY. FACILITY MGMNT SAID WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY SINCE THE LIGHTS ARE NOT ON ARPT PROPERTY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR INDICATED THAT HE/SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY ATTEMPTS BY MGMNT TO CONTACT WHIRLPOOL; MOST LIKELY BECAUSE THE PROB AREA WAS LOCATED OFF THE ARPT. THE CTLR STATED THAT RWY 18/36 HAD BEEN CLOSED FOR APPROX 1 YR AND DID NOT RECALL IF THE PROB WAS AS SIGNIFICANT PRIOR TO THE CLOSURE. THE RPTR BELIEVES THE LIGHTS ARE NEW; APPEAR TO BE ADJUSTABLE AND PROBABLY COULD BE SHIELDED IN SOME MANNER. THE CTLR WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY FORMAL INCIDENT CAUSED BY THE LIGHTS; INDICATING THAT MGMNT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BOTH FORMALLY AND INFORMALLY OF THE POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD.