[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 133 (Friday, July 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 41395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17527]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Bureau of Customs and Border Proctection

[CBP Decision 03--07]


Customs Accreditation of Alchem Laboratory, Inc., as a Commercial 
Laboratory

AGENCY: Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice of Accreditation of Alchem Laboratory, Inc. of Ponce, 
Puerto Rico, as a Commercial Laboratory.

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SUMMARY: Alchem Laboratory, Inc. of Ponce, Puerto Rico has applied to 
Customs and Border Protection under part 151.12 of the Customs 
Regulations for an extension of accreditation as a commercial 
laboratory to analyze petroleum products under Chapter 27 and Chapter 
29 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 
Customs has determined that this company meets all of the requirements 
for accreditation as a commercial laboratory. Specifically, Alchem 
Laboratory, Inc. has been granted accreditation to perform the 
following test methods at their Ponce, Puerto Rico site: (1) 
Distillation of Petroleum Products, ASTM D86; (2) Kinematic Viscosity 
of Transparent and Opaque Liquids, ASTM D445; (3) Density, Relative 
Density (Specific Gravity), or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and 
Liquid Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method, ASTM D1298; (4) Percent 
by Weight of Sulfur by Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence, ASTM 
D4294. Therefore, in accordance with part 151.12 of the Customs 
Regulations, Alchem Laboratory, Inc. of Ponce, Puerto Rico is hereby 
accredited to analyze the products named above.

Location: Alchem Laboratory, Inc. accredited site is located at: 
Sabanetas Industrial Park, Building M-1380, Ponce, PR 00731.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlene Faustermann, Science Officer, 
Laboratories and Scientific Services, Customs and Border Protection, 
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 1500 North, Washington, DC 20229, 
(202) 927-1060.

    Dated: July 1, 2003.
Ira S. Reese,
Executive Director, Laboratories and Scientific Services.
[FR Doc. 03-17527 Filed 7-10-03; 8:45 am]
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