| The Pacific Gas and Electric
Company (PG&E) Topock Compressor Station (Station) is located in eastern
San Bernardino County about 12 miles southeast of the city of Needles, California,
and sits just south of Interstate 40, one-half mile west of the Colorado
River. The Station is surrounded by federal land, including the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service's Havasu National Wildlife Refuge (HNWR) and lands
managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM). These federal lands
cross the Colorado River, extending into Arizona. The Topock Project Site
(Site) includes the Station property, as well as the area overlying the
plume and the properties on which are located the Interim Measures facilities.
There are no hospitals, schools or daycare centers located within five
miles of the Station. The nearest residential community is Topock, Arizona
approximately one-half mile east across the Colorado River. The town of
Golden Shores, Arizona is approximately five miles to the northeast across
the river. The City of Needles, California is approximately 12 miles northwest
along I-40. The closest hospital is located in Needles, California, and
the closest schools are located across the river in Golden Shores, Arizona.
San Bernardino County's Moabi Regional Park sits one mile northwest of
the Station on a side channel of the Colorado River. Downstream along
the Colorado River lie the cities of Lake Havasu, Parker and Yuma, Arizona
(18, 40, and 137 miles away, respectively).
Five federally recognized Indian tribes have lands that border the Colorado
River as it flows south from Needles, California (upstream of the site)
through California and Arizona to the Mexico border. These five tribes
are the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, Colorado River
Indian Tribes, Quechan Indian Tribe and the Cocopah Indian Tribe. The
Fort Mojave Indian Tribe is the closest to the Site, located approximately
seven miles to the north. Five other tribes who have been identified as
stakeholders in the Topock project are: Havasupai, Hualapai, Torres-Martinez
Desert Cahuilla, and Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribes, and the Twenty-Nine
Palms Band of Mission Indians.
Information repositories
in surrounding communities keep copies of site-related documents available
for public review. For repository locations, contacts, and hours of operation,
please visit the information
repository page. More information about these communities can be found
in the Public Participation Plan.
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