[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66026-66027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20860]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Accreditation and Approval of Thionville Surveying Company, Inc., 
(Harahan, LA) as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory

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

ACTION: Notice of accreditation and approval of Thionville Surveying 
Company, Inc., (Harahan, LA), as a commercial gauger and laboratory.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that 
Thionville Surveying Company, Inc., (Harahan, LA) has been approved to 
gauge animal and vegetable oils and accredited to test certain animal 
and vegetable oils for customs purposes for the next four years as of 
July 13, 2021.

DATES: Thionville Surveying Company, Inc., (Harahan, LA) was approved 
and accredited as a commercial gauger and laboratory as of July 13, 
2021. The next inspection date will be scheduled for July 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Eugene Bondoc, Laboratories and 
Scientific Services Directorate, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 1501N, Washington, DC 20229, tel. 
202-344-1060.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given pursuant to 19 CFR 
151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13, that Thionville Surveying Company, Inc., 5440 
Pepsi Street, Harahan, LA 70123, has been approved to gauge animal and 
vegetable oils and accredited to test certain animal and vegetable oils 
for customs purposes, in accordance with the provisions of 19 CFR 
151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13 as of July 13, 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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    Thionville Surveying Company, Inc., (Harahan, LA) is approved for 
the following gauging procedures for animal and vegetable oils per the 
National Institute of Oilseed Products (NIOP) standards:

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              Method                               Title
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NIOP 5.10.5......................  Weight Determination/Gauging.
ISO 5555.........................  Animal and vegetable fats and oils-
                                    Sampling.
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    Thionville Surveying Company, Inc., (Harahan, LA) is accredited for 
the following laboratory analysis procedures and methods for certain 
animal and vegetable oils set forth by the U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection Laboratory Methods (CBPL), the International Standards 
Organization (ISO), and the American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS):

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             CBPL No.                            Method                                  Title
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15-02............................  AOCS Ca 5a-40                      Free Fatty Acids in Crude and Refined Fats
                                                                       and Oils.
15-12............................  AOCS Ce 1h-05                      Determination of cis-, trans-, Saturated,
                                                                       Monounsaturated and Polyunsaturated Fatty
                                                                       Acids in Vegetable or Non-Ruminant Animal
                                                                       Oils and Fats by Capillary GLC.
27-48............................  ASTM D-4052                        Standard Test Method for Density, Relative
                                                                       Density, and API Gravity of Liquids by
                                                                       Digital Density Meter.
33-08............................  USP 621                            Chromatography.
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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 (202) 
344-1060. 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 
Directorate.
[FR Doc. 2023-20860 Filed 9-25-23; 8:45 am]
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