[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 237 (Monday, December 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 64946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31153]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Customs Service
[T.D. 96-82]


Extension of Oiltest, Inc.'s Customs Gauger Approval and 
Laboratory Accreditation to the New Site Located in New Orleans, LA

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of the extension of Oiltest, Inc.'s Customs gauger 
approval and laboratory accreditations to include its New Orleans, LA 
new facility.

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SUMMARY: Oiltest, Inc., of Roselle, NJ, a Customs approved gauger and 
accredited laboratory under Section 151.13 of the Customs Regulations 
(19 CFR 151.13), has been given an extension of its Customs gauger 
approval and laboratory accreditations to include the New Orleans, LA 
new site. Specifically, this site has been given Customs approval under 
Part 151.13(a)(1) of the Customs Regulations to gauge petroleum and 
petroleum products, organic chemicals in bulk and liquid form and 
animal and vegetable oils in all Customs districts; and accreditation 
to perform the following tests as listed under Part 151.13(a)(2): API 
gravity, water by distillation, distillation characteristics, sediment 
by extraction, water and sediment by centrifuge, viscosity and percent 
by weight sulphur.

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. Oiltest, Inc., a Customs commercial approved gauger 
and accredited laboratory, has applied to Customs to extend its Customs 
gauger approval and laboratory accreditation to its New Orleans, LA new 
facility. Review of the qualifications of the site shows that the 
extension is warranted and, accordingly, has been granted.

Location

    Oiltest, Inc.'s site is located at Cypress Point Business Center, 
Suite C, 660 Distributors Row, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 21, 1996.

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: October 28, 1996.
George D. Heavey,
Director, Laboratories and Scientific Service.
[FR Doc. 96-31153 Filed 12-6-96; 8:45 am]
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