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Site Summary: EPA is conducting a site assessment at Camp Bonneville, a 3,840 acre site along both banks of Lacamas Creek in Clark County, Washington. A report summarizing EPA's findings is expected in Spring 2012.

Camp Bonneville is a military base which was selected for transfer and reuse by the U.S. Government in 1995. This is a Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC) site.

The Washington State Department of Ecology has been overseeing cleanup activities. Visit Ecology's Camp Bonneville website for more information.

Site Assessment Reports

• Expanded Site Investigation Phase 1 Sample Results (PDF) (9 pp, 825K) - October 2011
• Camp Bonneville Sampling and Quality Assurance Plan (PDF) (120 pp, 612K) - May 2011. Note: Document Figures, Tables, and Appendixes can be requested by contacting Monica Tonel, EPA Site Assessment Manager, at 206-553-0323.
  • Addendum 1 to Sampling and Quality Assurance Plan (PDF) (15 pp, 2.2MB) - August 2011
• Preliminary Assessment Report (PDF) (174 pp, 7MB) - February 2010
• Citizen's Petition under CERCLA (PDF) (3 pp, 271KB) - February 2009

WSU Vancouver Library
14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave
Vancouver, WA 98686
360-546-9686

Kickouts of ordnance related scrap approximately 525 feet from demolition area 1.

A 2.36" Rocket which was determined to be "Unexploded Ordnance" (Fired armed and did not function) It was found near demolition area 1 during monitoring well installation.

Shell, fixed, 37-MM, HE, MK II

• June 11, 2003 Minutes
• May 14, 2003 Minutes
• May 14, 2003, RAB Agenda and Questions and Answers
• April 9, 2003 Minutes
• March 19, 2003 Minutes
• February 12, 2003 Minutes
• January 8, 2003 Minutes
• November 13, 2002 Minutes
• September 11, 2002 Minutes
• August 14, 2002 Minutes
• July 9, 2002 Agenda
• June 12, 2002 Minutes

• BRAC HTRW SITE CLOSURE REPORT (4.5 MB .pdf file) -September 2000
• Environmental Restoration Pesticide Building #4126 and Ammunition Bunkers #2953, #2951, and #2950
• Management Plan Transportation and Disposal of Household Waste Debris Pile
• Management Plan for Asbestos Surveys
• Archive Search Report (ASR) page

• EPA Withdrawal from Camp Bonneville Base Closure Team Memo - July 16, 2003
• Site map
• BRAC sites map
• Letters from EPA Project Manager to Commander, Ft. Lewis, Directorate of Public Works.
• EPA Letter to Army re: CERCLA non-compliance at Camp Bonneville
• Army repository index
• EPA Administrative Record Guidance (3 MB .pdf document)
• EPA Perchlorate Guidance Memo - January 22, 2003
• Perchlorate Update - March 2002
• Technology Status Report Perchlorate Treatment Technologies First Edition - May 2001
• Unexploded Ordnance Handbook - Interim Final- February 2002
• Technical Review Workgroup for Lead
• Site Information
• Facility Information
• Federal Register notice - October 2001
• EPA Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse
  • EPA memo to DoD regarding the quality of cleanups
  • What is the BRAC program?
  • Facts on early transfer
  • Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) factoids
• Reconaissance Update (map .pdf file) - February 2003
• Best Management Practices for Arms Ranges
• Clark County Camp Bonneville
• Small Arms Range Remediation Technologies from Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP)
• US Corp of Engineers