[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9443]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Announcement of Approval of Standard of American Petroleum 
Institute

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of approval of American Petroleum Institute (API) 
Standard 1512, Petroleum Test Laboratory Accreditation Program

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SUMMARY: The American Petroleum Institute, with the assistance of other 
interested parties, continues to develop standards, both national and 
international, in several areas. This notice lists the standardization 
effort currently being conducted; namely, API Standard 1512, API 
Petroleum Test Laboratory Accreditation Program. The publication of 
this notice by the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
(NIST) on behalf of API is being undertaken as a public service. NIST 
does not necessarily endorse, approve, or recommend the standard 
referenced in this notice.

ADDRESSES: American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street, NW, Washington, 
DC 20005-4070.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roland Goodman, American Petroleum 
Institute, telephone: 202-682-8571, fax: 202-682-8154.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST first announced the proposed 
development of this API voluntary standard and API's request for public 
comments in the Federal Register on February 21, 1995 (60 FR 9669-
9670).

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272.

    Dated: April 11, 1996.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 96-9443 Filed 4-16-96; 8:45 am]
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