[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 66025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20843]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Accreditation and Approval of Bureau Veritas Commodities and 
Trade, Inc. (Brownsville, TX) as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory

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

ACTION: Notice of accreditation and approval of Bureau Veritas 
Commodities and Trade, Inc. (Brownsville, TX), as a commercial gauger 
and laboratory.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that 
Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade, Inc. (Brownsville, TX) has been 
approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products and 
accredited to test petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs 
purposes for the next four years as of April 15, 2021.

DATES: Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade, Inc. (Brownsville, TX) was 
approved and accredited as a commercial gauger and laboratory as of 
April 15, 2021. The next inspection date will be scheduled for April 
2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Allison Blair, Laboratories and 
Scientific Services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 4150 Interwood 
South Parkway, Houston, TX 77032, tel. 281-560-2900.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given pursuant to 19 CFR 
151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13, that Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade, 
Inc., 2700 RL Ostos Road, Brownsville, Texas 78526, has been approved 
to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products and accredited to 
test petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes, in 
accordance with the provisions of 19 CFR 151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13 as of 
April 15, 2021.\1\
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    \1\ As a result of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic, 
Laboratories and Scientific Services implemented a one-time 
quadrennial timeframe for reoccurring audits originally scheduled to 
take place in 2020, 2021, and 2022. This postponed the scheduled 
deadline for audits and the payment of reaccreditation or reapproval 
fees by one year, after which audits will return to a triennial 
schedule. See 19 U.S.C. 1499; Presidential Proclamation 9994, 85 FR 
15337 (March 13, 2020); Executive Order 13924, 85 FR 31353 (May 19, 
2020); and U.S. Customs & Border Protection, COVID-19 Laboratory and 
Gauger Postponement Letter (May 26, 2021), https://www.cbp.gov/document/guidance/covid-19-gauger-postponement-letter.
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    Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade, Inc. (Brownsville, TX) is 
approved for the following gauging procedures for petroleum and certain 
petroleum products from the American Petroleum Institute (API):

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               API chapters                             Title
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3.........................................  Tank Gauging.
7.........................................  Temperature Determination.
8.........................................  Sampling.
12........................................  Calculations.
17........................................  Marine Measurement.
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    Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade, Inc. (Brownsville, TX) is 
accredited for the following laboratory analysis procedures and methods 
for petroleum and certain petroleum products set forth by the U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection Laboratory Methods (CBPL) and American 
Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM):

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         CBPL No.                 ASTM                   Title
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27-05.....................  D4928             Standard Test Method for
                                               Water in Crude Oils by
                                               Coulometric Karl Fischer
                                               Titration.
27-08.....................  D86               Standard Test Method for
                                               Distillation of Petroleum
                                               Products at Atmospheric
                                               Pressure.
27-11.....................  D445              Standard Test Method for
                                               Kinematic Viscosity of
                                               Transparent and Opaque
                                               Liquids (and Calculation
                                               of Dynamic Viscosity).
27-13.....................  D4294             Standard Test Method for
                                               Sulfur in Petroleum and
                                               Petroleum Products by
                                               Energy Dispersive X-ray
                                               Fluorescence
                                               Spectrometry.
27-46.....................  D5002             Standard Test Method for
                                               Density, Relative
                                               Density, and API Gravity
                                               of Crude Oils by Digital
                                               Density Analyzer.
27-48.....................  D4052             Standard Test Method for
                                               Density and Relative
                                               Density of Liquids by
                                               Digital Density Meter.
27-53.....................  D2709             Standard Test Method for
                                               Water and Sediment in
                                               Middle Distillate Fuels
                                               by Centrifuge.
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    Anyone wishing to employ this entity to conduct laboratory analyses 
and gauger services should request and receive written assurances from 
the entity that it is accredited or approved by the U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection to conduct the specific test or gauger service 
requested. Alternatively, inquiries regarding the specific test or 
gauger service this entity is accredited or approved to perform may be 
directed to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection by calling (281) 
560-2900. The inquiry may also be sent to [email protected]. 
Please reference the website listed below for a complete listing of CBP 
approved gaugers and accredited laboratories. http://www.cbp.gov/about/labs-scientific/commercial-gaugers-and-laboratories.

James D. Sweet,
Laboratory Director, Houston, Laboratories and Scientific Services.
[FR Doc. 2023-20843 Filed 9-25-23; 8:45 am]
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