[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66021-66022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20871]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Approval of The Strawn Group (Houston, TX) as a Commercial Gauger

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

ACTION: Notice of approval of The Strawn Group (Houston, TX) as a 
commercial gauger.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that The 
Strawn Group (Houston, TX) has been approved to gauge petroleum and

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certain petroleum products and accredited to test petroleum and certain 
petroleum products for the next four years as of December 14, 2021.

DATES: The Strawn Group (Houston, TX) was approved as a commercial 
gauger as of December 14, 2021. The next inspection date will be 
scheduled for December 2025.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given pursuant to 19 CFR 
151.13, that The Strawn Group, 3855 Villa Ridge Road, Houston, TX 
77068, has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum 
products for customs purposes, in accordance with the provisions of 19 
CFR 151.13 as of December 14, 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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    The Strawn Group (Houston, 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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8.2.......................................  Standard practice for
                                             automatic sampling of
                                             petroleum and petroleum
                                             products.
8.3.......................................  Standard practice for mixing
                                             and handling of liquid
                                             samples of petroleum and
                                             petroleum products.
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    Anyone wishing to employ this entity to conduct gauger services 
should request and receive written assurances from the entity that it 
is approved by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to conduct the 
gauger service requested. Alternatively, inquiries regarding the 
specific gauger service this entity is 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. 2023-20871 Filed 9-25-23; 8:45 am]
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