GroundRules
24 CFR 51.200: Purpose.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 24—Housing and Urban Development
- Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development
- PART 51—ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA AND STANDARDS
- Subpart C—Siting of HUD-Assisted Projects Near Hazardous Operations Handling Conventional Fuels or Chemicals of an Explosive or Flammable Nature
The purpose of this subpart C is to:
(a) Establish safety standards which can be used as a basis for calculating acceptable separation distances (ASD) for HUD-assisted projects from specific, stationary, hazardous operations which store, handle, or process hazardous substances;
(b) Alert those responsible for the siting of HUD-assisted projects to the inherent potential dangers when such projects are located in the vicinity of such hazardous operations;
(c) Provide guidance for identifying those hazardous operations which are most prevalent;
(d) Provide the technical guidance required to evaluate the degree of danger anticipated from explosion and thermal radiation (fire); and
(e) Provide technical guidance required to determine acceptable separation distances from such hazards.
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