[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 50544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21466]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection

[CBP Decision 03-19]


Customs Accreditation of BSI Inspectorate America Corporation as 
a Commercial Laboratory

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

ACTION: Notice of Accreditation of BSI Inspectorate America Corporation 
of Tallaboa-Penuelas, Puerto Rico, as a Commercial Laboratory.

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SUMMARY: BSI Inspectorate America Corporation of Tallaboa-Penuelas, 
Puerto Rico has applied to Customs and Border Protection under Part 
151.12 of the Customs Regulations for 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, BSI 
Inspectorate America Corporation has been granted accreditation to 
perform the following test methods at their Tallaboa-Penuelas, Puerto 
Rico site: (1) Distillation of Petroleum Products, ASTM D86; (2) Flash-
Point by Pensky Martens Closed Cup Tester, ASTM D93; (3) Water in 
Petroleum Products and Bituminous Materials by Distillation, ASTM D95; 
(4) API Gravity by Hydrometer, ASTM D287; (5) Kinematic Viscosity of 
Transparent and Opaque Liquids, ASTM D445; (6) Sediment in Crude Oils 
and Fuel Oils by Extraction, ASTM D473; (7) Density, Relative Density 
(Specific Gravity), or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid 
Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method, ASTM D1298; (8) Water in Crude 
Oil by Distillation, ASTM D4006; (9) Percent by Weight of Sulfur by 
Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence, ASTM D4294; and (10) Vapor 
Pressure of Petroleum Products, ASTM D5191. Therefore, in accordance 
with Part 151.12 of the Customs Regulations, BSI Inspectorate America 
Corporation of Tallaboa-Penuelas, Puerto Rico is hereby accredited to 
analyze the products named above.
    Location: BSI Inspectorate America Corporation accredited site is 
located at: Bo. Encarnacion Road 127 Km 19.1, Tallaboa-Penuelas, Puerto 
Rico 00624.

Effective Date: July 15, 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 15, 2003.
Donald A. Cousins,
Acting Executive Director, Laboratories and Scientific Services.
[FR Doc. 03-21466 Filed 8-20-03; 8:45 am]
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