Measures of Shanghai Municipality for the Protection of Fuel Gas Pipeline Facilities

(Promulgated by Decree No. 46 of Shanghai Municipal People's Government on January 30, 2005; amended for the first time in accordance with Decree No. 52 of Shanghai Municipal People's Government on December 20, 2010; amended for the second time in accordance with Decree No. 62 of Shanghai Municipal People's Government on January 4, 2018; amended for the third time in accordance with Decree No. 24 of Shanghai Municipal People's Government on December 29, 2025)

Article 1 (Purpose and Basis)

With a view to strengthening the administration on the fuel gas pipeline facilities in this Municipality, ensuring the safe operation of the fuel gas pipelines, and safeguarding the public safety, these Measures are formulated in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations on the Administration of Fuel Gas in Urban Areas, the Administrative Regulations on the Work Safety of Construction Projects, and the Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on Fuel Gas.

Article 2 (Meaning of Relevant Terms)

The "fuel gas pipeline facilities" mentioned in these Measures include:

1. the pipeline transporting the natural gas, and the liquefied petroleum gas;

2. the pipeline anticorrosion protection facilities, including electrolytic protection station, anode protection test stake, anode ground bed, and the stray current discharging station;

3. the fuel gas pipeline auxiliary structures, including pressure regulating station (room), valves (room), catchment wells (room), liquid waste pool, and the relevant equipment such as compensation condenser, and diffusion tube;

4. the safety identification marks for fuel gas pipeline facilities, such as mark stake, test stake, mile stake, and warning board; and

5. the fixed installations related to the fuel gas pipelines, such as the pipeline dyke, pipeline bridge, and pipeline base.

Article 3 (Application Scope)

These Measures shall apply to the protection of the fuel gas pipeline facilities and relevant administration activities in the administrative areas of this Municipality. However, the protection of the long-distance natural gas transportation pipeline facilities in front of the receiving gateway station of natural gas and the inner fuel gas pipeline facilities of the fuel gas enterprises and the fuel gas users of this Municipality shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the relevant laws, regulations and rules.

Article 4 (Administrative Departments)

The Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Construction Administrative Committee shall be in charge of the management and supervision over the protection of fuel gas pipeline facilities in this Municipality.

The district fuel gas administrative departments shall, according to their respective functions and duties determined by the Municipal People's Government, take charge of the daily supervision and management over the protection of the fuel gas pipeline facilities in their respective district, and subject themselves to the leadership of the Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Construction Administrative Committee in professional work.

The related administrative departments of this Municipality including public security, river course, and navigable channel shall coordinate in the implementation of these Measures according to their respective functions and duties.

Article 5 (Obligations of Fuel Gas Enterprise)

The fuel gas enterprise shall perform the following obligations:

1. applying anti-rot insulating material to the outside part of the fuel gas pipelines, and setting up electrolytic protection installations in accordance with the provisions of the Rules on the Corrode-control Technology of Steel Fuel Gas Pipeline Buried under the Ground in Cities and Towns formulated by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Department of the People's Republic of China;

2. installing permanent safety warning marks of the fuel gas pipeline facilities in accordance with the technical norms of the fuel gas design;

3. adopting corresponding protection measures to the fuel gas pipeline facilities that are easy to be collided by the vehicles or other outside forces, and installing the safety warning marks;

4. performing regular inspection and servicing and maintenance to the fuel gas pipeline facilities in accordance with the provisions of the Standards of the Safety Technology of Operation, Maintenance, and Rush-repair of the Fuel Gas Facilities in the Cities and Towns formulated by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Department of the People's Republic of China and other regulations on safety administration; and

5. drawing up the predetermined schemes on the handling of the accidents of the fuel gas pipeline facilities, and reporting to the Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Construction Administrative Committee or the district fuel gas administrative departments for the record.

The fuel gas enterprise shall, dissuade and stop the acts that endanger the safety of the fuel gas pipeline facilities upon discovery; in case that the dissuasion or stop fails, the fuel gas enterprise shall report the situation to the fuel gas, public security, and other relevant administrative departments without delay.

Article 6 (Scope of Protection and Control)

The Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Construction Administrative Committee shall, jointly with the Municipal Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources, delineate the protection and control scope of fuel gas pipeline facilities in accordance with the relevant standards and provisions of the State, and shall make them known to the public.

Article 7 (Prohibitions)

The following acts are prohibited in the protection scope of the fuel gas pipeline facilities:

1. constructing buildings, structures, or other facilities that encroach upon or exert pressure on underground gas pipelines;

2. carrying out demolition, earth excavation or other operations, or using open flames;

3. dumping or discharging corrosive substances;

4. placing flammable or explosive hazardous materials, or planting deep-rooted plants;

5. anchoring, anchor-drawing, sand-washing, or mud-digging, except for the dredge work adopted for the purposes of flood prevention or navigation on the condition that the safety of the fuel gas pipeline facilities is safeguarded; and

6. other activities that may endanger the safety of the fuel gas pipeline facilities.

The demolition operation and the use of open flames are prohibited in the control scope of the high-pressure, and super high-pressure fuel gas pipeline facilities.

Article 8 (Restrictions)

In any one of the following situations, the development unit shall, jointly with the fuel gas enterprise, draw up the protection scheme for the fuel gas pipeline facilities, and take corresponding safety protection measures:

1. laying pipelines, or carrying out activities such as pile driving, excavation, jacking, or drilling, in the protection scope of the fuel gas pipeline facilities;

2. constructing buildings or structures, or carrying out activities such as pile driving, excavation, jacking, or drilling in the control scope of the fuel gas pipeline facilities;

3. performing demolition work or using open flames in the control scope of the low-pressure, medium pressure, and secondary high-pressure fuel gas pipeline facilities; or

4. other construction projects that may affect the safety of the fuel gas pipeline facilities;

Article 9 (Operational Guidance)

In case of any operation that may affect the safety of fuel gas pipeline facilities in the protection and control scope of the fuel gas pipeline facilities, the fuel gas enterprise shall assign professional technical personnel to provide the on-the-spot guidance on safety protection.

Article 10 (Relocation of Pipeline Facility)

Where relocation of gas pipeline facilities is truly necessary due to construction projects, the development unit shall, jointly with the fuel gas enterprise, draw up plans for the relocation of the fuel gas pipeline facilities. The fuel gas enterprise shall, under the premise of ensuring the safety of fuel gas supply, cooperate in the relocation of the fuel gas pipeline facilities.

Article 11 (Protection of the Safety Warning Mark)

It is prohibited to move, cover, demolish or destroy the safety warning marks of the fuel gas pipeline facilities.

Article 12 (Handling of Accident)

In case of the happening of the accidents of the fuel gas pipeline facilities, the fuel gas enterprise shall, in accordance with the predetermined schemes on the handling of the accidents of the fuel gas pipeline facilities, report to the relevant administrative department, and adopt relevant safety measures without delay, carry out continuous rush-repair and rush-to-meet-the-emergency work until the completion of the rush-repair and rush-to-meet-the-emergency work.

The relevant administrative department, upon receiving the report on the accident of the fuel gas pipeline facilities, shall organize the rush-to-meet-the-emergency work, and the rescue work in accordance with the contingency plans for the handling of fuel gas accidents approved by the Municipal People's Government.

Article 13 (Social Obligations)

All units or individual persons have the duty to protect the safety of the fuel gas pipeline facilities, and shall notify the fuel gas enterprise in time upon the discovery of the damage of the fuel gas pipeline facilities, and report to the fuel gas, public security and other administrative departments or the local government.

When carrying out the rush-repair work or the rush-to-meet-the-emergency work, the relevant unit or individual person shall provide necessary assistance, and shall not obstruct, or interfere with the rush-repair work or the rush-to-meet-the-emergency work for any reason.

Article 14 (Legal Liability)

Any act in violation of provisions of these Measures shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws, regulations and rules.

Article 15 (Administrative Reconsideration and Litigation)

If the party concerned disagrees with the administrative act made by an administrative department, he/she may apply for administrative reconsideration or bring an administrative lawsuit according to the Law of the People's Republic of China on Administrative Reconsideration or the Administrative Litigation Law of the People's Republic of China.

Where the party concerned does not apply for administrative reconsideration, nor brings an administrative lawsuit, nor performs the administrative act within the prescribed time period, the department that has made the administrative act may apply to the people's court for enforcement according to law.

Article 16 (Effective Date)

These Measures shall be effective as of April 1, 2005. The Measures of Shanghai Municipality for the Administration of Urban Coal Gas Facilities promulgated by Shanghai Municipal People's Government on October 8, 1994 shall be repealed at the same time.