➺ Facility siting is a formal methodology that is used to assess the risk associated with hazardous locations and the presence of people in those areas.

➺ The goal of facility siting is to identify, assess, and manage the risk associated with potential hazard event scenarios that could negatively impact buildings and areas on site that are intended for occupancy, process control, or emergency response.

➺ This includes a consequence-based screening assessment followed by a more refined risk-based assessment, which uses increasingly complex modelling methodology to focus on the worst credible hazard scenarios that pose a risk to occupied areas.

➺ Facility siting is used to address buildings and areas on site that are intended for occupancy, process control, and emergency response.