The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) meets regularly with stakeholders, including the Consultative Workgroup (CWG) and the attendees of the Topock Leadership Planning Partnership (TLP), and has conducted extensive public outreach regarding cleanup activities at the Topock Compressor Station (Station) and Topock Site (Site). These activities include hosting briefings and Site tours for elected officials and for federal, state, county and city agency staff. Numerous fact sheets have been produced and project documents are available in Information Repositories and in this website’s Document Library; which are updated regularly. Project documents can also be obtained by contacting DTSC. To download documents from this website, please visit the Document Library.

DTSC publishes fact sheets regularly, providing updates on project activities and on the progress of the RCRA Corrective Action at the Site. Fact sheets were published by DTSC as follows:

• March 1998 - RCRA Facility Investigation Update
• May 1998 - The Public's Role During the Permit Process
• September 1999 - RCRA Facility Investigation Update
• May 2004 - Implementation of Interim Measures
• August 2004 - Implementation of Interim Measures
• July 2005 - Start of IM3 Treatment System
• October 2006 - Selection of an EIR contractor
• February 2007 - Installation of Slant Wells on the California Shoreline
• February 2008 - Installation of Vertical and Slant Wells on the Arizona Shoreline
• May 2008 - Availability of a Notice of Preparation
• July 2009 - PG&E Topock Environmental Investigation Update
• March 2010 - PG&E Topock Environmental Investigation Update
• June 2010 - PG&E Topock Environmental Investigation Update

Fact sheets are distributed to elected officials; agency staff; and to the residents of local communities including Golden Shores, Topock, and Lake Havasu City, Arizona; and to ten Indian Tribes: the Fort Mojave, Chemehuevi, Colorado River, Fort-Quechan, Cocopah, Havasupai, Hualapai, Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla and Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribes, and the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians.

Upcoming Open Houses/Public Hearings

DTSC & DOI invites you to attend one of the four open house and public hearing sessions to be held on the following dates and locations during the 45-day public comment period (June 4 to July 19, 2010). Oral and written comments will be accepted at the hearing immediately following the open house.

Comments may be submitted to DTSC and/or DOI during the public comment period in writing, by mail, email, fax, or in person at the public hearings. Written comments must be postmarked, emailed, or faxed no later than July 19, 2010. Send comments to the project contacts shown below:

If you require an accommodation due to a disability or need a translator/interpreter for this event please call Christina Fu at (714) 484-5488 or toll free (866) 495-5651 no later than 10 business days before the scheduled event. In addition, you may contact Ms. Fu to receive this or related publications in an alternate format or language. TTY/TDD Speech to Speech users may dial 711 for the California Relay Service.

An updated Public Participation Plan was published in February 2007. The Public Participation Plan and Fact Sheets can be found in the Document Library, and in the Information Repositories.

In May 2008, DTSC initiated a public comment period and held public meetings to solicit public comment on the proposed scope of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR). Scoping meeting comments and other project documents are available for review in the online Document Library and the Information Repositories.

A Topock Community Survey was sent to the public in January 2009. In mid July 2009, DTSC used the survey feedback to write a Public Participation Plan Addendum for the February 2007 Public Participation Plan. The Topock Community Survey and the July 2009 Public Participation Plan Addendum can be found in the Document Library and in the Information Repositories.

In July and September 2009, DTSC held several community workshops in local communities surrounding the Station including the following: Fort Mohave Indian Tribe, Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, Colorado River Indian Tribe and the Golden Shores community. These workshops gave an overview of the environmental investigation at the Station.