PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
BOOMSNUB/AIRCO SUPERFUND SITE
(a/k/a BOOMSNUB/AIRCO)
VANCOUVER, CLARK COUNTY, WASHINGTON
EPA FACILITY ID: WAD009624453
September 28, 2001
Prepared by:
Washington State Department of Health
Under Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS
- 2.1. Site Description and History
2.2. Site Visit
2.3. Environmental Investigations
2.4. Demographics
2.5. Land Use
2.6. Natural Resource Use
2.7. Quality Assurance and Quality Control
- 3.1. Introduction
3.2. Boomsnub Soil Operable Unit
- 3.2.1. Completed Exposure Pathways
3.2.2. Conclusions
3.2.3. Recommendations
3.2.4. Potential Exposure Pathways
3.2.5. Conclusions
3.2.6. Recommendations
- 3.3.1. Complete Exposure Pathways
3.3.2. Potential Exposure Pathways
3.3.3. Conclusions
3.3.4. Recommendations
- 3.4.1. Completed Exposure Pathways
3.4.2. Potential Exposure Pathways
3.4.3. Conclusions
3.4.4. Recommendations
APPENDIX A: CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN
APPENDIX B: EXPOSURE ASSUMPTIONS
APPENDIX C: NON-CANCER ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS AND CANCER RISK EVALUATION
APPENDIX D: RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS
Table 1: Completed Exposure Pathways for the Boomsnub/Airco Superfund Site
Table 2: Potential Exposure Pathways for the Boomsnub/Airco Superfund Site
Figure 1. Boomsnub/BOC Gases Site Location Map
Figure 2. Site Plan-Boomsnub Soil Operable Unit
Figure 3. Monitoring and Extraction Well Network
Figure 4. Chromium Concentrations-Boomsnub Soil Operable Unit
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
|---|---|
| CPAHs | Carcinogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
| CREGs | Cancer Risk Evaluation Guidelines |
| CSFs | Cancer Slope Factors |
| DWELs | Drinking Water Equivalent Levels |
| Ecology | Washington State Department of Ecology |
| EMEGs | Environmental Media Evaluation Guidelines |
| EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| LOAEL | Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level |
| LTHA | Lifetime Health Advisories |
| MRL | Minimal Risk Level |
| MTCA | Model Toxics Control Act (Washington State) |
| NOAEL | No Observed Adverse Effect Level |
| RfD | Reference Dose |
| RMEGs | Reference Dose Media Evaluation Guidelines |
| WDOH | Washington State Department of Health |
