[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 180 (Friday, September 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63782-63783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22322]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Accreditation and Approval of Saybolt LP as a Commercial Gauger
and Laboratory
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice of accreditation and approval of Saybolt LP as a
commercial gauger and laboratory.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that
Saybolt LP 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 three years as of March 16,
2016.
DATES: The accreditation and approval of Saybolt LP as commercial
gauger and laboratory became effective on March 16, 2016. The next
triennial inspection date will be scheduled for March 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Approved Gauger and Accredited
Laboratories Manager, Laboratories and Scientific Services Directorate,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite
1500N, 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 Saybolt LP, 1123 Highway 43, Saraland,
AL 36571, 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. Saybolt LP 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.
11................................... Physical Properties.
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Saybolt LP is accredited for the following laboratory analysis
procedures and methods for petroleum and certain petroleum products set
forth
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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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27-01................... D287 Standard Test Method for
API Gravity of crude
Petroleum and Petroleum
Products.
27-02................... D1298 Standard Test Method for
Density, Relative Density
(Specific Gravity), or API
Gravity of Crude Petroleum
and Liquid Petroleum
Products by Hydrometer
Method.
27-03................... D4006 Standard Test Method for
Water in Crude Oil by
Distillation.
27-04................... D95 Standard Test Method for
Water in Petroleum
Products and Bituminous
Materials by Distillation.
27-05................... D4928 Standard Test Method for
Water in Crude Oils by
Coulometric Karl Fischer
Titration.
27-06................... D473 Standard Test Method for
Sediment in Crude Oils and
Fuel Oils by the
Extraction Method.
27-08................... D86 Standard Test Method for
Distillation of Petroleum
Products.
27-11................... D445 Standard Test Method for
Kinematic Viscosity of
Transparent and Opaque
Liquids.
27-13................... D4294 Standard Test Method for
Sulfur in Petroleum and
Petroleum Products by
Energy-Dispersive X-ray
Fluorescence Spectrometry.
27-48................... D4052 Standard Test Method for
Density and Relative
Density of Liquids by
Digital Density Meter.
27-50................... D93 Standard Test Methods for
Flash-Point by Pensky-
Martens Closed Cup Tester.
27-58................... D5191 Standard Test Method For
Vapor Pressure of
Petroleum Products.
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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 Web site listed below for a complete listing of
CBP approved gaugers and accredited laboratories. http://www.cbp.gov/about/labs-scientific/commercial-gaugers-and-laboratories.
Dated: September 12, 2016.
Ira S. Reese,
Executive Director, Laboratories and Scientific Services Directorate.
[FR Doc. 2016-22322 Filed 9-15-16; 8:45 am]
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