[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 59633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24137]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Accreditation and Approval of Inspectorate America Corporation
(St. Croix, USVI) as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice of accreditation and approval of Inspectorate America
Corporation (St. Croix, USVI), as a commercial gauger and laboratory.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that
Inspectorate America Corporation (St. Croix, USVI), has been approved
to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products and accredited to
test petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes for
the next three years as of June 6, 2019.
DATES: Inspectorate America Corporation (St. Croix, USVI) was approved
and accredited as a commercial gauger and laboratory as of June 6,
2019. The next triennial inspection date will be scheduled for June
2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Justin Shey, Laboratories and
Scientific Services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1300
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 1500N, Washington, DC 20229, tel. 202-
344-1060.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given pursuant to 19 CFR
151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13, that Inspectorate America Corporation, 1
Estate Hope, St. Croix, USVI 00821, has been approved to gauge
petroleum and certain petroleum products and accredited to test
petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes, in
accordance with the provisions of 19 CFR 151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13.
Inspectorate America Corporation (St. Croix, USVI) is approved for the
following gauging procedures for petroleum and certain petroleum
products from the American Petroleum Institute (API):
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API chapters Title
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3................................... Tank Gauging.
7................................... Temperature Determination.
8................................... Sampling.
12.................................. Calculations.
17.................................. Marine Measurement.
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Inspectorate America Corporation (St. Croix, USVI) is accredited
for the following laboratory analysis procedures and methods for
petroleum and certain petroleum products set forth by the U.S. Customs
and Border Protection Laboratory Methods (CBPL) and American Society
for Testing and Materials (ASTM):
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CBPL No. ASTM Title
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27-08.................... D 86 Standard Test Method for
Distillation of Petroleum
Products at Atmospheric
Pressure.
27-11.................... D 445 Standard Test Method for
Kinematic Viscosity of
Transparent and Opaque
Liquids (and Calculation
of Dynamic Viscosity).
27-13.................... D 4294 Standard Test Method for
Sulfur in Petroleum and
Petroleum Products by
Energy-Dispersive X-ray
Fluorescence
Spectrometry.
27-48.................... D 4052 Standard Test Method for
Density and Relative
Density of Liquids by
Digital Density Meter.
N/A...................... D 2163 Standard Test Method for
Determination of
Hydrocarbons in Liquefied
Petroleum (LP) Gases and
Propane/Propene Mixtures
by Gas Chromatography.
N/A...................... D 2598 Standard Practice for
Calculation of Certain
Physical Properties of
Liquefied Petroleum (LP)
Gases from Compositional
Analysis.
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Anyone wishing to employ this entity to conduct laboratory analyses
and gauger services should request and receive written assurances from
the entity that it is accredited or approved by the U.S. Customs and
Border Protection to conduct the specific test or gauger service
requested. Alternatively, inquiries regarding the specific test or
gauger service this entity is accredited or approved to perform may be
directed to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection by calling (202)
344-1060. The inquiry may also be sent to [email protected].
Please reference the website listed below for a complete listing of CBP
approved gaugers and accredited laboratories. http://www.cbp.gov/about/labs-scientific/commercial-gaugers-and-laboratories.
Dated: September 23, 2019.
Dave Fluty,
Executive Director, Laboratories and Scientific Services Directorate.
[FR Doc. 2019-24137 Filed 11-4-19; 8:45 am]
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