---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 51.200"
title: "24"
number: "51.200"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/51.200"
---

# §51.200. Purpose.


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.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 5103, Feb. 10, 1984, as amended at 61 FR 13334, Mar. 26, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

### Source

Source: 49 FR 5103, Feb. 10, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3535(d), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 40861, July 12, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[49 FR 5103, Feb. 10, 1984, as amended at 61 FR 13334, Mar. 26, 1996]