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Legislators send resolutions urging federal review, opposing Lava Ridge wind project
Summary
The committee voted to send House Joint Memorial 5 and House Concurrent Resolution 8 to the Senate floor with due-pass recommendations. Sponsors said the measures urge federal officials and the governor to oppose or review the Lava Ridge wind-energy project, citing impacts to water, roads and local communities.
Representatives and senators on the committee voted to send two measures — House Joint Memorial 5 and House Concurrent Resolution 8 — to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation, urging federal review or rejection of the Lava Ridge wind-energy project.
The measures, introduced by Representative Lance Clow and carried in committee by Representative Jack Nelson, ask the U.S. Department of the Interior and the congressional delegation to reconsider approval of a Bureau of Land Management decision that allowed the Lava Ridge project. “Most of the people in the Magic Valley saw it as a tremendous use of federal lands, that would…
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