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Management of Hazards Associated with Location of Process Plant Permanent BuildingsAPI RECOMMENDED PRACTICE 752 THIRD EDITION,DECEMBER 2009REAFFIRMED,AUGUST 2020Management of Hazards Associated with Location of Process Plant Permanent BuildingsDownstream SegmentAPI RECOMMENDED PRACTICE 752 THIRD EDITION,DECEMBER 2009REAFFIRMED,AUGUST 2020Special NotesAPI publications necessarily address problems of a general nature.With respect to particular circumstances,local,state,and federal laws and regulations should be reviewed.Neither API nor any of APIs employees,subcontractors,consultants,committees,or other assignees make any warranty or representation,either express or implied,with respect to the accuracy,completeness,or usefulness of the information contained herein,or assume any liability or responsibility for any use,or the results of such use,of any information or process disclosed in this publication.Neither API nor any of APIs employees,subcontractors,consultants,or other assignees represent that use of this publication would not infringe upon privately owned rights.Users of this recommended practice(RP)should not rely exclusively on the information contained in this document.Sound business,scientific,engineering,and safety judgment should be used in employing the information contained herein.API is not undertaking to meet the duties of employers,manufacturers,or suppliers to warn and properly train and equip their employees,and others exposed,concerning health and safety risks and precautions,nor undertaking their obligations to comply with authorities having jurisdiction.Information concerning safety and health risks and proper precautions with respect to particular materials and conditions should be obtained from the employer,the manufacturer or supplier of that material,or the material safety datasheet.Where applicable,authorities having jurisdiction should be consulted.Work sites and equipment operations may differ.Users are solely responsible for assessing their specific equipment and premises in determining the appropriateness of applying the RP.At all times users should employ sound business,scientific,engineering,and judgment safety when using this RP.API publications may be used by anyone desiring to do so.Every effort has been made by the Institute to assure the accuracy and reliability of the data contained in them;however,the Institute makes no representation,warranty,or guarantee in connection with this publication and hereby expressly disclaims any liability or responsibility for loss or damage resulting from its use or for the violation of any authorities having jurisdiction with which this publication may conflict.API publications are published to facilitate the broad availability of proven,sound engineering and operating practices.These publications are not intended to obviate the need for applying sound engineering judgment regarding when and where these publications should be utilized.The formulation and publication of API publications is not intended in any way to inhibit anyone from using any other practices.Any manufacturer marking equipment or materials in conformance with the marking requirements of an API standard is solely responsible for complying with all the applicable requirements of that standard.API does not represent,warrant,or guarantee that such products do in fact conform to the applicable API standard.All rights reserved.No part of this work may be reproduced,translated,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,without prior written permission from the publisher.Contact the Publisher,API Publishing Services,200 Massachusetts Avenue,NW,Suite 1100,Washington,DC 20001.Copyright 2009 American Petroleum InstituteForewordThis recommended practice(RP)provides guidance for new and existing building siting evaluation and references documents concerning technical aspects of building siting evaluation including hazard identification,consequence modeling,structural analysis,and risk.Among the hazards that potentially could affect building occupants are explosion,fire,and toxic material releases.This third edition of API RP 752:2009 supersedes all previous editions,including the technical data provided in those documents.Significant research and development of technology pertinent to building siting evaluations has been performed since the publication of the previous editions of API RP 752.Examples of updated technology include prediction of blast damage to buildings,determination of occupant vulnerabilities,and estimates of event frequencies.Prior versions of API RP 752 and the technical data included in them should not be used for building siting evaluations.The second edition of API RP 752:2003 covered all building types both permanent and portable.This third edition of API RP 752:2009 does not cover portable buildings.Portable buildings are now covered by API RP 753:2007.It is recognized,however,that porta