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
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
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS
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 |