WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) has introduced a bill to delay the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project, citing concerns about its impact on the Minidoka National Historic Site. The proposed legislation would prevent the Secretary of the Interior from authorizing the project until the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conducts a study to assess its effects on the historic site. This announcement was made during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee business meeting on the Energy Permitting Reform Act, where Chairman Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) committed to including the bill on a business meeting agenda in September.