[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 65378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30785]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
[T.D. 95-106]


Customs Commercial Laboratory Accreditation of Gulf Coast Systems 
and Associates, Inc.

AGENCY: Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of the accreditation of Gulf Coast Systems and 
Associates, Inc., as a Customs accredited laboratory to perform certain 
petroleum analyses.

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SUMMARY: Gulf Coast Systems and Associates, Inc., of Groves, Texas, has 
been given Customs laboratory accreditations under Part 151.13 of the 
Customs Regulations (19 CFR 151.13). Specifically, the Groves, Texas, 
site is accredited to perform the following tests: API Gravity, 
distillation characteristics, water by distillation, sediment and water 
by centrifuge, sediment by extraction, identity and percent composition 
of organic compounds in bulk and in liquid form.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Part 151 of the Customs Regulations provides for the acceptance at 
Customs Districts of laboratory analyses and gauging reports for 
certain products from Customs accredited commercial laboratories and 
approved gaugers. Gulf Coast Systems and Associates, Inc., of Groves, 
Texas, has applied to Customs for certain laboratory accreditations. 
Customs has determined that Gulf Coast Systems and Associates, Inc., 
meets all the requirements for accreditation as a commercial 
laboratory.
    Therefore, in accordance with part 151.13(f) of the Customs 
Regulations, Gulf Coast Systems and Associates, Inc.'s Groves, Texas, 
site is accredited to perform the laboratory analyses listed above.

Location

    Gulf Coast Systems and Associates, Inc.'s site is located at 4300 
Main Street, Groves, Texas, 77619.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 24, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ira S. Reese, Senior Science Officer, 
Laboratories and Scientific Services, U.S. Customs Service, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20229 at (202) 927-1060.

    Dated: November 8, 1995.
A.W. Tennant,
Director, Laboratories and Scientific Services.
[FR Doc. 95-30785 Filed 12-18-95; 8:45 am]
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