Pingxiang City Gas Management Regulations (revised in 2020)

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to strengthen the management of gas, ensure the safety of citizens' lives and property and public safety, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of gas operators and gas users, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Regulations of the State Council Municipality on the Administration of Urban Gas and relevant laws and regulations, and combined with the actual situation of this Municipality. Article 2 The term "fuel gas" as mentioned in these Regulations refers to gas fuels that are used as fuels and meet certain requirements, including natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas and artificial gas. Article 3 These Regulations shall apply to gas development planning, gas facilities construction and protection, gas operation and service, gas use and appliance management, gas safety emergency disposal and related management activities within the administrative area of this Municipality.

These Regulations do not apply to the production of natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas, the pipeline transportation of natural gas outside city gates, the industrial production with gas as raw materials, the production and use of biogas and straw gas. Fourth gas work should follow the principles of overall planning, supporting construction, safety and efficiency, standardized service, energy saving and environmental protection. Article 5 The people's governments of cities and counties (districts) (including economic development zones, scenic spots and industrial parks, the same below) shall strengthen their leadership over gas work, incorporate gas work into the national economic and social development plan, incorporate gas management funds into the fiscal budget at the corresponding level, and establish a gas work coordination mechanism, a gas emergency reserve system and a gas safety emergency disposal mechanism. Article 6 The competent department of housing and urban and rural construction of the people's governments of cities and counties (districts) is the competent department of gas within their respective administrative areas, and the gas management institutions to which they belong are responsible for the specific work of gas management within their respective administrative areas.

Development and reform, emergency management, natural resources, public security, market supervision and management, urban management, ecological environment, transportation and other departments shall perform their respective duties according to law and do a good job in gas management.

City, county (District) people's government departments in charge of gas to perform the duties of supervision and management of gas safety work, gas operators to perform the main responsibility of gas safety work.

Township (town) people's governments and sub-district offices shall assist the relevant departments to do a good job in gas management within their respective jurisdictions. Article 7 The people's governments of cities and counties (districts) and their gas authorities shall regularly carry out publicity and education on gas laws and regulations, popularize the knowledge of gas safety, enhance the public's awareness of gas safety, and improve their ability to prevent and respond to gas accidents.

Gas operators shall provide users with a manual for safe gas use, publicize common sense of safe gas use, equipment maintenance and emergency handling of accidents.

Property service enterprises shall cooperate with gas authorities and gas operators to carry out gas safety publicity.

Radio, television, newspapers, Internet and other news media should actively carry out public welfare propaganda on safe use of gas, gas conservation and protection of gas facilities.

Schools should incorporate gas safety education into students' safety knowledge education. Chapter II Gas Development Planning and Facilities Construction Article 8 The competent gas department of the people's government of a city or county (district) shall, in accordance with the national economic and social development planning, land and space planning, energy planning and gas development planning at the next higher level, jointly with relevant departments, organize the preparation of gas development planning within their respective administrative areas, organize the implementation after being approved by the people's government at the same level, and report it to the competent gas department at the next higher level for the record.

The approved gas development plan shall not be changed at will; If it is really necessary to modify it, it shall be submitted for approval and filing in accordance with the original examination and approval procedures.

The approved gas development plan shall be announced to the public. Article 9 The construction of gas facilities shall conform to the gas development plan, and relevant permits shall be obtained in the project construction.

The construction of new districts and the transformation of old districts shall build gas facilities or reserve land for the construction of gas facilities in accordance with the land and space planning and gas development planning of cities and counties (districts). Supporting gas facilities construction projects should be synchronized with the main project design, synchronous construction, synchronous acceptance, synchronous transfer of construction files, construction costs borne by the construction unit, included in the project construction costs. When applying for planning permission of construction project, the construction unit shall submit the general plan of pipeline gas project and the technical scheme of gas pipeline line connection confirmed by the pipeline gas operator where the project is located. Tenth it is forbidden to build temporary gas supply devices such as residential gasification stations, bottle group stations and producer gas stations in the area covered by gas pipeline network. Temporary gas supply devices that have been built and are still in use should be gradually connected to the pipeline gas pipe network.

In areas that have not yet covered the gas pipeline network, the construction unit may build temporary gas supply devices such as residential gasification stations and bottle group stations in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and entrust gas operators to supply gas and maintain it; Gas operators shall regularly check temporary gas supply devices such as gasification stations and bottle group stations to ensure the safe use of gas supply devices.

In old residential quarters with pipeline gas supply conditions but no gas pipeline, the use of pipeline gas will be gradually promoted. Eleventh new construction, renovation, expansion of production, storage, loading and unloading of gas facilities construction projects should be safety evaluation, and in accordance with the national safety evaluation standards for acceptance.

When building, rebuilding or expanding gas facilities, the competent department of natural resources shall solicit the opinions of the competent department of gas on whether the construction of gas facilities conforms to the gas development plan when issuing site selection opinions according to law; If it is not necessary to issue opinions on site selection, the competent department of natural resources shall solicit opinions from the competent department of gas on whether the construction of gas facilities conforms to the gas development plan when issuing the construction land planning permit or the rural construction planning permit according to law.