Laws of the People's Republic of China

Reply of the General Office of National Development and Reform Commission for Confirmation of the Re-examining Conclusion of Industry Standards of Ferrous Metallurgy, Petrochemical, Petroleum and Natural Gas and Boiler and Pressure Vessel

Fa Gai Ban Gong Ye [2006] No.1803

China Iron & Steel Association, China Petrochemical Corporation, China National Petroleum Corporation, China Standardization Committee on Boiler and Pressure Vessel£º

The reexamining conclusion letters of, which you submitted respectively, 251industry standards of ferrous metallurgy, 95 industry standards of petrochemical, 115 industry standards of petroleum and natural gas and 32 industry standards of boiler and pressure vessel (Gang Xie Han [2006]No.24, Zhong Guo Shi Hua Ke [2006] No.254, Zhong Guo Shi Hua Ke [2006] No.294, Zhong You Zhi An Han Zi [2006] No.39, Guo Rong Biao Wei [2005] No.38 ) have been received. We have studied these letters, and hereby reply as follows:

I.

We agree to confirm the lasting effectiveness of the following industry standards: 99 standards of ferrous metallurgy including YB/T084-1996 Hot Rolled High Speed Tool Steel Strips for Machine Hacksaw Blades etc, 79 standards of petrochemical including SH/T0073-1991Test Methods for Friction-resisting Index of Jet Fuel (Timken) etc, 46 standards of petroleum and natural gas including SY/T0015.1-1998 Code for Design of Oil and Gas Transportation Pipeline Crossing Engineering Underground Crossing Engineering etc, 21 standards of boiler and pressure vessel including JB/T1609-1993 Technical Specifications for the Manufacturing of Boiler and Barrel. When these standards are reprinted, the words "Confirmed in 2006" should be printed on the cover of the standard texts.

II.

We agree to abolish the following industry standards: 29 standards of ferrous metallurgy including YB/T5269-1999 Alumina-carbon Block etc, 7 standards of petrochemical including SH/T0186-1992 Test Method for Thermo-detergency of Normal Internal-combustion Engine-oil (1135 single-cylinder test method-135A method) etc, 24 standards of petroleum and natural gas including SY0092-1998 Code for Design of Compressed Natural Gas Fueling Station for Vehicles etc, 5 standards of boiler and pressure vessel including JB/T1614-1994 Testing Method for Mechanics Property of the Welds of Bearing Parts of Boilers etc. The abolished standards shall be publicized in the form of announcement by this commission.

III.

The industry standards needed to be revised, which include 123 standards of ferrous metallurgy including YB4102£­2000 Welded Steel Tubes for Low and Medium Pressure Boiler etc, 9 standards of petrochemical including SH/t0074-1991Testing Method for Oxidation Stability of Thin Film of Gasoline and Machine Oil etc, 45 standards of petroleum and natural gas including the Safety Code of Radiological Protection from Radioactive Well Logging of Petroleum etc, and 6 standards of boiler and pressure vessel including JB/T2190-1993 Entry Installment of Boilers etc, will be placed on the annul plan under the standardized procedure.

General Office of National Development and Reform Commission

August 22, 2006