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Board approves abandonment of patent easements after landowner raises BLM jurisdiction questions
Summary
The Board unanimously approved abandonment of patent easements listed in agenda items 8–11 after a landowner asked county staff to clarify whether the county or the Bureau of Land Management has control. County transportation and real estate directors said the easements are patent easements subject to county custody under county ordinance.
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved agenda items 8 through 11, which would abandon certain patent easements, after a landowner raised concerns that Bureau of Land Management (BLM) easements and federal ownership might conflict with the county’s action.
A landowner, Ray Dalton, told the board the maps filed with the county showed easements around his property that, he said, had previously been released by the BLM and that utilities and federal…
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