[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 39887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19513]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service
[T.D. 97-65]


Extension of Inspectorate America Corporations Customs Gauger 
Approval & Laboratory Accreditation to the New Site Located in Port 
Everglades, Florida

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

ACTION: Notice of the extension of Inspectorate America Corp.'s Customs 
gauger approval and laboratory accreditations to include its Port 
Everglades, FL facility.

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SUMMARY: Inspectorate America Corp., of Houston, TX, a Customs approved 
gauger and accredited laboratory under Sections 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 Port 
Everglades, FL 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, distillation characteristics, vapor 
pressure, sediment, 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. Inspectorate America Corp., a Customs commercial 
approved gauger and accredited laboratory, has applied to Customs to 
extend its Customs gauger approval and laboratory accreditation to its 
Port Everglades, FL facility. Review of the qualifications of the site 
shows that the extension is warranted and, accordingly, has been 
granted.

Location

    Inspectorate America Corp.'s site is located at 801 SE. 28th 
Street, Port Everglades, FL 33316.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 3, 1997.

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

    Dated: July 7, 1997.
George D. Heavey,
Director, Laboratories and Scientific Services.
[FR Doc. 97-19513 Filed 7-23-97; 8:45 am]
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