Use of overdue liquefied gas cylinders may be fined 200,000 yuan

　　Use of the liquefied gas cylinders beyond the expiry date may result in a fine of 50,000 to 200,000 yuan. If the citizens find that the liquefied gas cylinders have not been inspected, they can report to 12365.

　　Hangzhou Online News--The reporter learned from the Quality Supervision Department yesterday: In response to repeated prohibitions on the use of overdue liquefied gas cylinders in Hangzhou, the Quality Supervision Department said that in accordance with relevant regulations, units using expired cylinders were ordered to make corrections within a time limit and will be punished. A fine of 50,000 yuan up to 200,000 yuan.

　　A related person from the Hangzhou Quality Supervision Bureau said that if citizens find that a liquid gas company uses expired uninspected cylinders or refitted cylinders or illegal cylinders, they can call 12365 to complain. According to relevant regulations, if a gas cylinder filling unit fails to fill it as required, the regulatory authority shall order it to make corrections and impose a fine of 20,000 yuan up to 100,000 yuan; if the circumstances are serious, its filling qualification shall be revoked. Special equipment has serious hidden dangers of accidents, has no modification or repair value, or has exceeded the service life specified in the safety technical specifications, and the special equipment user does not scrap it. The special equipment safety supervision and management department shall order a correction within a time limit; if the correction is not made within the time limit, a penalty of 50,000 A fine of not less than RMB 200,000.

　　How to identify modified or illegal cylinders

　　According to relevant persons from Hangzhou Quality Supervision Bureau, the steel cylinder is not marked with a steel stamp (or other fixed form) to indicate the corresponding technical parameters of the steel cylinder (including content: volume, nominal pressure, production date, etc.); Bottle-related information (including production certificate, inspection certificate, registration information of the special equipment management department in the place of use); illegal steel cylinders with removable protective covers (screw bottles) can generally be seen on the original screw fixing brackets. Completely polished traces (evenly distributed at three points near the angle valve of the cylinder); cylinders with the above characteristics can be regarded as modified cylinders or illegal cylinders.