{"data":{"id":"us/24-cfr-51.200","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"24 CFR 51.200","heading":"Purpose.","body":"The purpose of this subpart C is to:\n(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;\n(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;\n(c) Provide guidance for identifying those hazardous operations which are most prevalent;\n(d) Provide the technical guidance required to evaluate the degree of danger anticipated from explosion and thermal radiation (fire); and\n(e) Provide technical guidance required to determine acceptable separation distances from such hazards.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-24.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:55Z","sha256":"767e36c1368890c23e139ac07b311a49967115eac0605cc50fdafa7d67e7a4d4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/24-cfr-appendix-i-to-subpart-b-of-part-51","next":"us/24-cfr-51.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}