diff --git a/src/libs/ajax/GoogleStorage.ts b/src/libs/ajax/GoogleStorage.ts
index 3df561fcd6..f986f100cb 100644
--- a/src/libs/ajax/GoogleStorage.ts
+++ b/src/libs/ajax/GoogleStorage.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ const checkRequesterPaysError = async (response): Promise<RequesterPaysErrorInfo
 };
 
 export const responseContainsRequesterPaysError = (responseText) => {
-  return _.includes('requester pays', responseText);
+  return _.includes('to user project', responseText);
 };
 
 // requesterPaysError may be set on responses from requests to the GCS API that are wrapped in withRequesterPays.
diff --git a/src/libs/ajax/workspaces/Workspaces.ts b/src/libs/ajax/workspaces/Workspaces.ts
index 307e87e756..89880711e7 100644
--- a/src/libs/ajax/workspaces/Workspaces.ts
+++ b/src/libs/ajax/workspaces/Workspaces.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { jsonBody } from '@terra-ui-packages/data-client-core';
 import _ from 'lodash/fp';
 import * as qs from 'qs';
 import { authOpts } from 'src/auth/auth-session';
+import { getLocationType } from 'src/components/region-common';
 import { fetchOrchestration, fetchRawls } from 'src/libs/ajax/ajax-common';
 import { Entity, EntityQueryResponse } from 'src/libs/ajax/data-table-providers/DataTableProvider';
 import { fetchOk } from 'src/libs/ajax/fetch/fetch-core';
@@ -173,7 +174,14 @@ export const Workspaces = (signal?: AbortSignal) => ({
 
       checkBucketAccess: GoogleStorage(signal).checkBucketAccess,
 
-      checkBucketLocation: GoogleStorage(signal).checkBucketLocation,
+      checkBucketLocation: async (userProject?) => {
+        const res = await fetchRawls(
+          `${root}/bucketOptions${userProject ? `?userProject=${userProject}` : ''}`,
+          _.merge(authOpts(), { signal })
+        );
+        const obj = await res.json();
+        return _.merge(obj, { locationType: getLocationType(obj.location) });
+      },
 
       details: async (fields: FieldsArg): Promise<WorkspaceWrapper> => {
         const res = await fetchRawls(
diff --git a/src/workspaces/common/state/useWorkspace.ts b/src/workspaces/common/state/useWorkspace.ts
index d242cb4689..eccb029365 100644
--- a/src/workspaces/common/state/useWorkspace.ts
+++ b/src/workspaces/common/state/useWorkspace.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export type { InitializedWorkspaceWrapper } from 'src/libs/state';
 export interface StorageDetails {
   googleBucketLocation: string; // historically returns defaultLocation if bucket location cannot be retrieved or Azure
   googleBucketType: string; // historically returns locationTypes.default if bucket type cannot be retrieved or Azure
-  fetchedGoogleBucketLocation: 'SUCCESS' | 'ERROR' | undefined; // undefined: still fetching
+  fetchedGoogleBucketLocation: 'SUCCESS' | 'ERROR' | 'RPERROR' | undefined; // undefined: still fetching
   azureContainerRegion?: string;
   azureContainerUrl?: string;
   azureContainerSasUrl?: string;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export const useWorkspace = (namespace, name): WorkspaceDetails => {
   const workspace = useStore(workspaceStore);
 
   const [{ location, locationType, fetchedLocation }, setGoogleStorage] = useState<{
-    fetchedLocation: 'SUCCESS' | 'ERROR' | undefined;
+    fetchedLocation: 'SUCCESS' | 'ERROR' | 'RPERROR' | undefined;
     location: string;
     locationType: string;
   }>({
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export const useWorkspace = (namespace, name): WorkspaceDetails => {
       if (responseContainsRequesterPaysError(errorText)) {
         // loadGoogleBucketLocation will not get called in this case because checkBucketReadAccess fails first,
         // but it would also fail with the requester pays error.
-        setGoogleStorage({ fetchedLocation: 'ERROR', location, locationType });
+        setGoogleStorage({ fetchedLocation: 'RPERROR', location, locationType });
         updateWorkspaceInStore(workspace, true);
       } else {
         updateWorkspaceInStore(workspace, false);
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export const useWorkspace = (namespace, name): WorkspaceDetails => {
     try {
       const storageDetails = await Workspaces(signal)
         .workspace(namespace, name)
-        .checkBucketLocation(workspace.workspace.googleProject, workspace.workspace.bucketName);
+        .checkBucketLocation(workspace.workspace.googleProject);
       storageDetails.fetchedLocation = 'SUCCESS';
       setGoogleStorage(storageDetails);
     } catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/workspaces/dashboard/BucketLocation.ts b/src/workspaces/dashboard/BucketLocation.ts
index 3ceab72114..36ae8587f9 100644
--- a/src/workspaces/dashboard/BucketLocation.ts
+++ b/src/workspaces/dashboard/BucketLocation.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ import { getRegionInfo } from 'src/components/region-common';
 import { TooltipCell } from 'src/components/table';
 import { Metrics } from 'src/libs/ajax/Metrics';
 import { Workspaces } from 'src/libs/ajax/workspaces/Workspaces';
-import { reportError } from 'src/libs/error';
 import Events, { extractWorkspaceDetails } from 'src/libs/events';
 import { useCancellation } from 'src/libs/react-utils';
 import { requesterPaysProjectStore } from 'src/libs/state';
-import { isBucketErrorRequesterPays, requesterPaysWrapper } from 'src/workspaces/common/requester-pays/bucket-utils';
+import { requesterPaysWrapper } from 'src/workspaces/common/requester-pays/bucket-utils';
 import { RequesterPaysModal } from 'src/workspaces/common/requester-pays/RequesterPaysModal';
 import { StorageDetails } from 'src/workspaces/common/state/useWorkspace';
 import { GoogleWorkspace } from 'src/workspaces/utils';
@@ -36,22 +35,21 @@ export const BucketLocation = requesterPaysWrapper({ onDismiss: _.noop })((props
     setLoading(true);
     try {
       const {
-        workspace: { namespace, name, googleProject, bucketName },
+        workspace: { namespace, name, googleProject },
       } = workspace;
-      const response = await Workspaces(signal)
-        .workspace(namespace, name)
-        .checkBucketLocation(googleProject, bucketName);
+      const project = needsRequesterPaysProject ? requesterPaysProjectStore.get() : googleProject;
+      const response = await Workspaces(signal).workspace(namespace, name).checkBucketLocation(project);
       setBucketLocation(response);
     } catch (error) {
-      if (isBucketErrorRequesterPays(error)) {
-        setNeedsRequesterPaysProject(true);
-      } else {
-        reportError('Unable to get bucket location.', error);
-      }
+      // if (error) {
+      setNeedsRequesterPaysProject(true);
+      // } else {
+      //  reportError('Unable to get bucket location.', error);
+      // }
     } finally {
       setLoading(false);
     }
-  }, [workspace, signal]);
+  }, [workspace, signal, needsRequesterPaysProject]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (workspace?.workspaceInitialized) {
@@ -60,6 +58,9 @@ export const BucketLocation = requesterPaysWrapper({ onDismiss: _.noop })((props
         // while storageDetails.googleBucketLocation will contain the default value.
         // In the case of requester pays workspaces, we wish to show the user more information in this case and allow them to link a workspace.
         loadGoogleBucketLocation();
+      } else if (storageDetails.fetchedGoogleBucketLocation === 'RPERROR') {
+        setNeedsRequesterPaysProject(true);
+        setLoading(false);
       } else if (storageDetails.fetchedGoogleBucketLocation === 'SUCCESS') {
         setBucketLocation({
           location: storageDetails.googleBucketLocation,
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ export const BucketLocation = requesterPaysWrapper({ onDismiss: _.noop })((props
   }, [
     loadGoogleBucketLocation,
     setBucketLocation,
+    needsRequesterPaysProject,
     // Explicit dependencies to avoid extra calls to loadGoogleBucketLocation
     workspace?.workspaceInitialized,
     storageDetails.fetchedGoogleBucketLocation,