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Hydropower Dam Safety Management Regulations

Original Language Title: 水电站大坝运行安全管理规定

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(December 1, 2004 the State electricity regulatory Commission announced 3rd come into force on January 1, 2005) Chapter I General provisions article in order to strengthen the hydropower dam safety monitoring and management, protect people's lives and property safety, promotion of sustainable development of national economy, under the dam safety management Ordinance, these rules are formulated.
    Second hydropower dam safety management adhere to the principle of safety first, prevention.
    Provisions of this article apply to power system operational medium and large hydropower dams.
    Chapter II safety management responsibility article fourth hydropower dam safety management in the construction process, the project legal person is responsible for. Dam 70m dam or a complex monitoring system of dam, the lower dam, project entity shall, in accordance with relevant regulations of the State, organizing special units for dam monitoring system design, special review; at the time of completion, to carry out special inspection and acceptance.
    Special examination report of dam safety monitoring system of hydropower dam safety supervision Center shall be submitted to the State electricity regulatory Commission (hereinafter referred to as the dam), the record.
    Article fifth hydroelectric dam construction project legal person shall in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State during construction and initial impoundment period of monitoring and analysis of hydropower station dam, dam safety appraisal of water storage and when the project is completed and analysis of dam monitoring data, security identification, completion reports, and reports on the topic of the report, submitted to dam Center for the record.
    Sixth hydroelectric unit shall strengthen the hydropower dam safety management, establishment of responsibility system for production safety, with commensurate with the actual need of the professional and technical personnel, guarantee the necessary safety funds.
    Operation unit of the Chief responsible for the safe operation of the hydroelectric dam of. Seventh article hydropower station run units should perform following duties: (a) comply with national about safety of legal, and administrative regulations and about of technology procedures, and specification; (ii) prepared hydropower station dam security management annual plans and long-term planning, established sound dam security management regulations, and seriously implementation; (three) is responsible for hydropower station dam daily security run of observation, and check and maintenance; (four) is responsible for on hydropower station dam survey, and design, and construction, and supervision, and run, and Security monitoring of information and other about security technology information of collection, and analysis, and finishing and save, established dam security technology archives and corresponding database; (five) according to about provides carried out water power station dam engineering construction project security evaluation and regularly check, and special check, and dam security registered of related work; (six) regularly on hydropower station dam security monitoring instrument for check, and rate set, guarantee monitoring instrument can reliable monitoring construction and run period of security status; (seven) organization implementation water power station dam of fill strong reinforcement
    , Renovation and risk governance, organize implementation of danger-removing and reinforcement of the dam, the dam of insurance; (VIII) is responsible for the dam of danger, accident reports, rescue and ambulance work; (IX) responsible for dam safety management training and performance evaluation.
    Article eighth hydropower station reservoir operation, must be based on the premise of ensuring dam safety and reservoir in full quality design and comprehensive benefits. Hydropower unit shall, in accordance with the approved design standards and reservoir operation in flood control principles, prepare annual reservoir flood regulation scheme, flood control headquarters approval.
    Reservoirs in flood season of reservoir flood operation should be strictly in accordance with the approved programmes run its flood limit water level of flood control and flood regulation, must be subject to the flood control headquarters of the unified command.
    Nineth hydropower units shall in accordance with requirements for flood control, flood control, ensure that the hydropower dam safety in flood season.
    Every year before the flood, flood dam safety monitoring system of hydropower station facilities and water regime forecasting, communications, lighting systems in full detail inspection floodgate, opening and closing devices, commissioning the power supply, and make preparations for flood control equipment and transportation facilities.
    Annual flood season, strengthening the inspection of hydroelectric dams, hydropower dam safety monitoring and water regime forecasting and reservoir regulation, ensure the spillway gates and related facilities in accordance with the principle of flood control and regulation for design of safe operation.
    Flood every year before and after the flood, hydropower dam near dam reservoir Bank slope and downstream of dam inspection, discovered distress report and handle in a timely manner.
    Article tenth earthquakes, storms, heavy rains, floods, and other unusual circumstances, operation unit shall check the hydroelectric dam, increasing the number of observations and projects. 11th article expansion or transformation shall not affect dam safety of hydropower stations.
    Hydropower hydropower station units or during reconstruction design for expansion or reconstruction of buildings (including construction procedures and methods) shall be subject to design review unit reviews and report to the dam safety evaluation Center. 12th reinforcement and renovation of dam engineering, design reviews should be carried out. Water power station dam Foundation and concealed works construction projects, shall cover engineering requirements for project acceptance.
    After the construction is completed, there should be acceptance.
    Renovation of dam safety monitoring system of hydropower, hydropower units should organize special design, a special review, and at the time of completion, declare to the dam Center special inspection and acceptance.
    13th hydropower units shall in accordance with the relevant provisions, prepared risk forecast and emergency preparation plan of dam in hydropower station, dam Center for review, approved more than the provincial flood control headquarters and submitted to provincial people's Government, the district municipal people's Government for the record.
    Hydropower units should configure the hydropower dam needs of emergency alarm facilities and communication systems.
    Article 14th hydroelectric dam when there is a danger sign, hydropower units shall report immediately to the provincial people's Government, district municipal people's Government, the provincial flood control headquarters and the State electricity regulatory Commission (hereinafter referred to as the SERC), notify the dispatching and risk forecast and emergency disposal.
    Rescue work ended, hydropower units should be dealing with an emergency situation to the local provincial districts, the municipal people's Government, the provincial flood control headquarters, the SERC and Dam report. 15th after the danger of excluding hydropower station dam hydroelectric units shall promptly repair work and resume production as soon as possible. Hydroelectric dam to exclude major accident hazards, shall apply for the dam were checked.
    Dams were checked, and reported to the approval of the SERC, hydropower dams may resume production and use.
    Chapter III security checks and rating articles 16th hydropower dam safety inspections are divided into routine inspections, annual survey, periodic inspections and special inspections. 17th routine inspections by hydroelectric units. Hydropower units shall organize regular inspection technicians from hydroelectric dams, security issues found in the inspection, should be dealt with immediately and cannot be dealt with, and shall promptly report to the head of unit.
    Inspection and treatment should be saved in a text, chart records. 18th annual survey by hydroelectric units.
    Hydropower units shall, each year before the flood, flood or dry season, the freeze organization professional and technical personnel to conduct an examination of the dam of hydropower station, dam safety annual detailed reports presented, dam Center record.
    Annual survey shall include the following information: (a) the annual analysis of monitoring data, (ii) review the operation, inspection, maintenance records and other information; (c) for dam safety of hydropower facilities to conduct a comprehensive examination or special inspection. 19th regular check of the dam is responsible for. Center may appoint a unit in charge of hydroelectric dams organize the implementation of dam periodic inspection.
    Regularly check once every five years in General, check the time normally does not exceed one year. The first periodic inspection of new construction, safety appraisal for the completion of the works completed after five years.
    The dam has been running for more than 40 years, competent units should be combined with a regular inspection of the dam to conduct a comprehensive review identified important to potentially dangerous dam, dam authority should be in accordance with current technical standards, safety evaluation in a timely manner. Dam organized periodic inspection, shall be formed by the Group of experts. Group of experts according to the dam's concrete conditions, identify special inspection projects and content. Hydropower units with the corresponding qualification units carry out special checks, and submit it to dam Center special report on such special inspection.
    Dam Center to review the presentations and practical operation of the hydropower station dam, the dam's comprehensive analysis of the structural behavior and safety conditions, assessment of dam safety levels, periodic inspection report form a periodic inspection review report on SERC record. Center commissioned a dam of the dam authorities implement regular checks, group a list submitted by the unit in charge of dam. Dam Center reviewed the composition of the Group of experts, special inspection projects identified by the expert group and contents, and represented in regular checkups. Group of experts submitted to the unit in charge of dam periodic inspection report.
    Central review of dam periodic inspection report of the expert group and, if necessary, review of relevant thematic reports, assessment of dam safety, form a periodic inspection review report on SERC for the record.
    Article 20th special examination proposed by the hydropower units, dam Center organization. Occurrence of floods, earthquake and abnormal findings may affect dam safety of hydropower stations, hydropower units shall apply to the Centre for special inspection of the dam. Dam Center upon receipt of the application, shall organize a group of experts determine the inspection items and content. On the need for special inspection of projects, hydropower units with the corresponding qualification units carry out special checks, and submit it to dam Center special report on such special inspection. Center integrated inspection of the dam, proposed special inspection reports. Hydropower units shall, according to the special examination reports for rectification.

    Article 21st hydropower dam safety inspection system should be established, carry out safety checks, check dam and its safety and reliability, detect anomalies or hazards, defects, remedial measures and improvements, rectification and processing in a timely manner.
    22nd dam Centre shall regularly dam periodic inspection and the results of special inspections, water conservancy administrative departments under the State Council. Article 23rd hydropower dam safety periodic inspection and related technical services special checking unit should have appropriate qualifications and good performance.
    Center published periodically in accordance with the conditions of the dam's technical services unit.
    Article 24th dam safety levels into normal dam, dam and the dam of risk levels.
    Meet following conditions of hydropower station dam, evaluation for normal dam: (a) design standard meet existing specification requirements; (ii) Foundation good, or although exists local defects but not constitute on hydropower station dam overall security of threat; (three) Dam body stability and structure security degrees meet existing specification requirements; (four) hydropower station dam run sex State General normal; (five) near dam library district, and library Bank and slope stable or basic stable.
    Has following case one of of hydropower station dam, evaluation for disease dam: (a) design standard not meet existing specification requirements, and has limit hydropower station dam run conditions; (ii) Foundation exists local hidden, but not constitute on hydropower station dam of crash threat; (three) Dam body stability and structure security degrees meet specification requirements, structure local has damaged, may endanger hydropower station dam security, but hydropower station dam can normal block water; (four) hydropower station dam run sex state exception, but by analysis not constitute crash dangerous;
    (V) collapse or landslide near the dam, but after analysis of retaining structures do not constitute a threat to the security of the dam of hydropower station.
    Has following case one of of hydropower station dam, evaluation for insurance dam: (a) design standard below existing specification requirements, obviously effect hydropower station dam security; (ii) Foundation exists hidden and has endanger hydropower station dam security; (three) Dam body stability or structure security degrees not meet existing specification requirements, endanger hydropower station dam security; (four) hydropower station dam exists accident signs; (five) near dam library district found has endanger hydropower station dam security of serious collapse or landslide signs.
    Consolidation of dam, the dam of insurance should be the deadline, renovation and maintenance in the evaluation as normal before the dam, should change the operating mode or restricted operating conditions.
    Grade changes for dam safety of hydropower dam Center shall be reported to the SERC for the record.
    25th fourth chapter security registration registration system for dam safety of hydropower stations.
    SERC supervisor registration of dam safety dam Center responsible for dam safety registration services.
    26th new hydropower dam safety appraisal within one year of the completion of construction work performed, or dam to complete checks on a regular basis for the first time within six months, operation unit shall declare this dam to dam Center security registration.
    Not returns on the prescribed security registered dam, shall not be put into operation; accidents, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State.
    27th article hydropower station dam security registered should meet following conditions: (a) new hydropower station dam has construction project security evaluation report, and engineering completed security identification report; has run of hydropower station dam has regularly check report and by electric prison will record of regularly check review views; (ii) has full of hydropower station dam survey, and design, and construction, and supervision information and run monitoring information; (three) has sound of hydropower station dam security procedures system, and duties clear of management institutions and meet post requirements of run personnel. 28th dam safety registration level is divided into a, b, and c levels.
    Dam Center according to hydropower station dam of security status and the management level, according to following provides handle hydropower station dam security registered registration card: (a) meet security registered conditions of normal dam, according to management performance assessment situation, issued class a registration card or serie b registration card; (ii) meet security registered conditions and management performance assessment requirements of disease dam, issued c level registration card; (three) hydropower station dam regularly check was evaluation for insurance dam of, not registered.
    Operation of dam should be carried out within a treatment unit for failing to register. 29th dam Center is responsible for the management of hydropower unit performance testing.
    Contents include: (a) the implementation of national safety laws, administrative regulations and the relevant technical regulations, specifications, (ii) dam safety of hydropower stations construction and implementation of rules and regulations and (iii) dam safety staff training; (d) the dam safety information and records management information; (e) funding for dam safety of hydropower stations. Article 30th registered dynamic management for dam safety of hydropower stations.
    Grade a registration certificate is valid for five years, class b registration and class c registration certificate is valid for three years.
    In hydropower dam safety within the validity of the certificate of incorporation, if conditions change, dam of hydroelectric units shall report again and approved.
    Hydropower units shall apply for renewal of registration certificate within the three months prior to the expiry. 31st dam each year on dam safety of hydropower stations should be registered at the beginning the SERC.
    Electricity regulatory Commission should announce the list of registered dam safety.
    Dam-Center should be annual register the dam safety of hydropower stations of water conservancy administrative departments under the State Council.
    Fifth chapter security supervision management 32nd article electric prison will is responsible for hydropower station dam safety of supervision management, main duties is: (a) supervision check hydropower station run units implementation safety legal, and administrative regulations, and regulations and technology procedures, and specification of situation; (ii) supervision check hydropower station dam of security status, found exists accident hidden, ordered hydropower station run units immediately excluded; (three) participate in hydropower station construction engineering completed acceptance;
    (Iv) supervision and operation units in hydropower station dam reinforcement, risk governance and reinforcement of dam, the dam of insurance and (v) other duties stipulated by laws and administrative regulations.
    33rd article dam Center is responsible for hydropower station dam security technology supervision service work, main duties is: (a) handle hydropower station dam security registered; (ii) Guide hydropower station run units on hydropower station dam for security checks; (three) Guide hydropower station run units on disease dam, and insurance Dam for except insurance reinforcement, timely elimination hydropower station dam accident hidden; (four) Organization on hydropower station dam of regularly check and special check, proposed regularly check review views and special check report, reported electric prison will record;
    (E) is responsible for the operation of dam safety management training; (vi) establishment and management of hydropower dam safety monitoring databases and archives, (VII) participation in the reinforcement of dam design review and acceptance, participation in the hydroelectric dam facilities renovation and design review and acceptance, participation in hydroelectric project water storage such as acceptance and final acceptance of the work.
    Sixth chapter project Corporation penalty 34th hydropower station dam in violation of these provisions, failure to submit the analysis of dam monitoring data, safety reports, project completion report, relevant thematic reports special examination report of dam safety monitoring system of hydropower, electricity regulatory Commission ordered corrective action and may be fined not more than 10,000 yuan. 35th article hydropower station run units violation this provides, has following case one of of, by electric prison will ordered corrected, can and at 10,000 yuan following of fine; on directly is responsible for of competent personnel and other directly responsibility personnel, law give administrative sanctions; constitute crime of, law held criminal: (a) not according to provides perform flood work duties of; (ii) not according to provides on hydropower station expansion or transformation engineering, and water power station dam fill strong reinforcement or update transformation engineering, and
    Water power station dam monitoring system update transformation engineering for Security special design, and review, and acceptance and security evaluation of; (three) not according to provides prepared hydropower station dam danger forecast and emergency processing plans of; (four) not timely report hydropower station dam danger or provides false report of; (five) not according to provides for daily inspections, and annual details check and about special check of; (six) not according to provides carried out regularly check about work of; (seven) not according to provides application special check of;
    (H) has not been registered in accordance with the provisions of dam safety; (IX) found to have risk measures. 36th article dam Center violation this provides, has following case one of of, by electric prison will ordered corrected, on directly is responsible for of competent personnel and other directly responsibility personnel, law give administrative sanctions; constitute crime of, law held criminal: (a) not according to provides handle record of; (ii) not according to provides audit hydropower station dam danger forecast and emergency processing plans of; (three) not according to provides organization regularly check, and special check and other special check of; (four) not according to provides to electric prison will report, and
    Water Conservancy administrative departments under the State Council, and (e) was not assessed in accordance with the provisions of dam safety level of hydropower station; (f) has not been registered in accordance with the provisions of dam safety; (VII) it fails to provide for management performance evaluation of hydroelectric units. 37th in hydropower dam safety inspection and other technical services, abuse of power, illegal operations, major errors occur, fines of between 30,000 yuan, may not engage in hydropower dam safety inspections within 10 years constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

    Article 38th dam safety supervision and Management Department functionary, abuse their powers, neglect their duties, resulting in serious accidents, directly responsible and other persons directly responsible shall be given administrative sanctions constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.
    The seventh chapter by-laws 39th article of the rules the following terms shall have the meanings: (a) hydroelectric dams, including all across the river beds and reservoirs pass around permanent water retaining structure, flood building, water and water retaining structure of ship building and the buildings and structures of foundations, the near-dam reservoir Bank slope and ancillary facilities.
    (B) the operation unit, is responsible for the daily operation of the hydroelectric dam of hydropower station dam property owner or its delegate, delegate units.
    (C) unit in charge of the dam, refers to the dam's controlling shareholder on behalf of enterprise legal persons or property in the hydroelectric dam.
    40th of hydropower dam safety evaluation and other technical services, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State, the implementation of paid services.
    41st running of power system in small hydropower station dam, reference to these provisions.
    42nd article of the regulations before publication of hydropower dam safety management regulations, inconsistent with this provision, is subject to this provision.
                                                                                                  43rd article of the regulations come into force on January 1, 2005.