[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66870-66871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21278]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Accreditation and Approval of Pan Pacific Surveyors, Inc. 
(Paramount, CA) as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory

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

ACTION: Notice of accreditation and approval of Pan Pacific Surveyors, 
Inc. (Paramount, CA) as a commercial gauger and laboratory.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Pan

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Pacific Surveyors, Inc. (Paramount, CA), 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 September 1, 2022.

DATES: Pan Pacific Surveyors, Inc. (Paramount, CA) was approved and 
accredited as a commercial gauger and laboratory as of September 1, 
2022. The next inspection date will be scheduled for September 2026.

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 
151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13, that Pan Pacific Surveyors, Inc., 7625 
Rosecrans Avenue, Ste. 27, Paramount, CA 90723, 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 
September 1, 2022.\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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    Pan Pacific Surveyors, Inc. (Paramount, CA) 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..................................  Maritime Measurement.
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    Pan Pacific Surveyors, Inc. (Paramount, CA) 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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27-02..................  D1298          Standard Test Method for
                                         Density, Relative Density, or
                                         API Gravity of Crude Petroleum
                                         and Liquid Petroleum Products
                                         by Hydrometer Method.
N/A....................  D4007          Standard Test Method for Water
                                         and Sediment in Crude Oil by
                                         the Centrifuge Method
                                         (Laboratory Procedure).
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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. 2023-21278 Filed 9-27-23; 8:45 am]
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