Boeing Auburn

700 15th St SW Auburn, King County
Facility Site ID: 2018
Cleanup Site ID: 5049

  • Brownfield

  • This site has received funding as part of our Brownfields Program.
    Brownfields Public Funding: $186,000.00

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Site Description

The BCA-Auburn Plant, 700 15th Street SW in Auburn, Washington. Photo courtesy of KOMO TV.
The BCA-Auburn Plant, 700 15th Street SW in Auburn, Washington. Photo courtesy of KOMO TV.

Last Updated: May 2024
Past practices at The Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Fabrication Division - Auburn Plant (BCA-Auburn Plant), have contaminated the groundwater with chemicals. Groundwater is water that flows through sub-surface spaces between soil, sand, and gravel particles, or through fractures in rock. The groundwater flowing away from the BCA-Auburn Plant property is contaminated with a class of chemicals called “volatile organic compounds” (VOCs), which give off vapors. Some of the contaminated groundwater flows north and northwest from the Boeing property, into portions of the cities of Algona and Auburn.

The Boeing Company is working under the direction of the Department of Ecology to investigate the contamination and develop a plan for cleanup.

Find out more here. 

Focus on: Boeing Auburn Site Enhanced Bioremediation (wa.gov)

Enfoque en: Biorremediación Mejorada en el Sitio Boeing Auburn (wa.gov)

Focus on: Boeing Auburn Site Monitored Natural Attenuation (wa.gov)

Enfocar en: Atenuación Natural Monitoreada en el Sitio de Boeing Auburn (wa.gov)
 

Site use restrictions called institutional controls are in effect

Institutional controls can be fences, signs, or restrictions on how the property is used. For instance, an institutional control may prohibit installing drinking water wells or disturbing a protective cap that isolates contamination. These restrictions keep the contamination contained and keep people from being exposed to the contamination. The controls are usually listed in environmental covenants recorded with the county.

Periodic reviews are required when institutional controls are required at a site. Ecology conducts reviews to make sure the controls remain effective and the cleanup still protects human health and the environment. We conduct periodic reviews about every five years.

Environmental Covenant

County Recording #: 20020920001611
County Recording Date: 9/20/2002

Restrictions/Requirements

  • Ongoing Maintenance of Remedy
  • Restrict All Ground Water Extraction/Well Installation
  • Restrict Land Use
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Contaminants 12

Contaminant Type
Soil
Groundwater
Surface Water
Air
Sediment
Bedrock
Halogenated Organics - Halogenated Organics C C
Metals - Metals Priority Pollutants C S
Metals - Metals - Other C
Halogenated Organics - Polychlorinated biPhenyls (PCB) C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum Products-Unspecified S
Non-Halogenated Organics - Non-Halogenated Solvents C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons C C
Other Contaminant - Conventional Contaminants, Inorganic C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Benzene C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Diesel C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Gasoline C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Other C C
S
Suspected
C
Confirmed Above Cleanup Levels
B
Below Cleanup Levels
RA
Remediated-Above
RB
Remediated-Below
R
Remediated
This contaminant list was based on our best information at the time it was entered. It may not reflect current conditions at the site.