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Boomsnub-AIRCO The Boomsnub/Airco Superfund Site includes a former chrome-plating facility and the currently operating BOC Gases plant located at 7608 NE 47th Street in Vancouver, WA. The Washington Department of Ecology began cleaning up contamination at the site in 1990. EPA added the site to its National Priorities List in 1995 and issued a Record of Decision for soil and groundwater cleanup in 2000. Background Site Summary Site List - CERCLIS data via EnviroFacts includes General Site, Alias, Operable Unit, Action, Financial, and Enforcement information. Facility Information - FII data via EnviroFacts includes other possible EPA involvement. Soils & Groundwater, Remedial Administrative Record Explanation of Significant Differences Index Boomsnub 2001 Removal Second Five Year Review (PDF) (140 pp. 4.5MB) - September 24, 2008 Five Year Review (PDF) (81 pp. 1.8MB) - September 2003 Site Photographs, Interview Summaries and Figures (PDF) (22 pp 1.6MB) Fact Sheets EPA Reviewing Boomsnub-AIRCO Superfund Site Cleanup in Vancouver (PDF) (1 pp. 24K) Five-Year Review to Evaluate Cleanup Progress - June 2003 Removal to begin - March 2001 BOC Gases Removal Action - January 2001 Design work is underway - December 2000 Result of January and February Investigation - March 1999 Technical Documents Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD) (PDF) - August 2006 (13 pp. 245K) Figure 1: Chromium Plume (PDF) (1 pp. 142K) Figure 2: TCE Plume (PDF) (1 pp. 114K) Public Notice (PDF) (1 pp. 20K) Boomsnub/BOC Gases Site, Vancouver, WA - Groundwater Data, 1987 to 1998 (Last updated 3/18/99) Record of Decision (ROD) Proposed Plan (PDF) (20 pp. 243K) - August 1999 Contact Information: Claire Hong, Project Manager hong.claire@epa.gov 206/553-1813 Judy Smith, Community Outreach smith.judy@epa.gov 503/326-6994 [ Main Cleanup | Brownfields ] [ Superfund | FOIA | Records Center ] Point of contact: Claire Hong E-Mail: hong.claire@epamail.epa.gov Phone Number: (206) 553-1813 Last Updated: 10/21/2008