81 FR 7553 - Accreditation and Approval of AmSpec Services, Llc, as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 29 (February 12, 2016)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 29 (February 12, 2016)
| Page Range | 7553-7554 | |
| FR Document | 2016-02960 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 29 (Friday, February 12, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 7553-7554] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-02960] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Customs and Border Protection Accreditation and Approval of AmSpec Services, Llc, as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice of accreditation and approval of AmSpec Services, LLC, as a commercial gauger and laboratory. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that AmSpec Services, LLC, 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 August 12, 2015. DATES: Effective Dates: The accreditation and approval of AmSpec Services, LLC, as commercial gauger and laboratory became effective on August 12, 2015. The next triennial inspection date will be scheduled for August 2018. 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 AmSpec Services, LLC, 100-B Redoubt Rd., Yorktown, VA 23692, 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. AmSpec Services, LLC is approved for the following gauging procedures for petroleum and certain petroleum products from the American Petroleum Institute (API): ------------------------------------------------------------------------ API Chapters Title ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3......................................... Tank Gauging. 7......................................... Temperature Determination. 8......................................... Sampling. 9......................................... Density Determinations. 12........................................ Calculations. 17........................................ Maritime Measurement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AmSpec Services, LLC 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): 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 [[Page 7554]] 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CBPL No. ASTM Title ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 27-02......................... D1298............ Standard Practice for Density, Relative Density (Specific Gravity), or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Meter 27-04......................... D95.............. Standard Test Method for Water in Petroleum Products and Bituminous Materials by Distillation 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 27-57......................... D7039............ Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Gasoline and Diesel Fuel by Monochromatic Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry 27-58......................... D5191............ Standard Test Method For Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dated: February 5, 2016. Ira S. Reese, Executive Director, Laboratories and Scientific Services Directorate. [FR Doc. 2016-02960 Filed 2-11-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9111-14-P
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ensure there are sufficiently trained characteristics relevant to his or her SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given,
mariners by the time the Polar Code routine and emergency duties or pursuant to CBP regulations, that
enters into force. responsibilities. AmSpec Services, LLC, has been
If training regulations are published, approved to gauge petroleum and
Discussion
training completed to meet the certain petroleum products and
Recognizing that the operation of requirements described in the policy accredited to test petroleum and certain
ships sailing in polar waters calls for letter may be evaluated on a case by petroleum products for customs
specific education, training, experience case basis, and considered to meet part purposes for the next three years as of
and related qualifications for officers, of the transitional provisions of the August 12, 2015.
Resolution 11 of the 2010 amendments training requirements for Basic or DATES: Effective Dates: The
to the STCW Convention included non- accreditation and approval of AmSpec
Advanced Polar Waters Operations.
mandatory guidance on training for Services, LLC, as commercial gauger
deck and engineer officers serving on Voluntary Policy and laboratory became effective on
ships operating in polar waters. The August 12, 2015. The next triennial
guidance is contained in Section The guidance provided in this policy
letter is voluntary, except where inspection date will be scheduled for
B–V/g of the STCW Code. The training August 2018.
requirements of the Polar Code, existing regulatory requirements are
discussed. Although it may assist the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
however, go beyond what is addressed
in Section B–V/g of the STCW Code, by industry, public, Coast Guard, and other Approved Gauger and Accredited
utilizing a risk-assessment to addresses Federal and State regulators in applying Laboratories Manager, Laboratories and
the applicability of different levels of existing statutory and regulatory Scientific Services Directorate, U.S.
training required for deck officers requirements, the policy letter and Customs and Border Protection, 1300
engaged on ships operating in polar guidance it contains are not a substitute Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite
waters. Chapter 12 of The Polar Code for applicable legal requirements nor are 1500N, Washington, DC 20229, tel. 202–
identifies the level of training required they regulations themselves. We note 344–1060.
for deck officers on ships subject to the the ongoing work of the IMO in this SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
Polar Code taking into account the type area, in particular regarding training of hereby given pursuant to 19 CFR 151.12
of vessel and the ice conditions in the personnel engaged in polar waters. and 19 CFR 151.13, that AmSpec
operating area. The levels of training are Developments within this body will be Services, LLC, 100–B Redoubt Rd.,
either Basic or Advanced Training for taken into account during possible Yorktown, VA 23692, has been
Ships Operating in Polar Waters. The future revisions of the draft policy letter. approved to gauge petroleum and
interim guidance in this policy is based During the course of local operations, certain petroleum products and
upon the amendments to the STCW each Coast Guard Captain of the Port accredited to test petroleum and certain
Convention and Code supporting the (COTP) has discretionary authority on petroleum products for customs
mandatory training requirements in how best to address specific safety and purposes, in accordance with the
Chapter 12 of the Polar Code. security concerns within his or her area provisions of 19 CFR 151.12 and 19 CFR
The requirements to meet the of responsibility consistent with 33 CFR 151.13. AmSpec Services, LLC is
standards of competence for Basic or 1.01–30. Nothing in the policy letter or approved for the following gauging
Advanced Training for Ships Operating the guidance it contains is meant to procedures for petroleum and certain
in Polar Waters are defined in the STCW override or limit the discretion of the petroleum products from the American
amendments supporting the Polar Code. COTP when addressing the unique Petroleum Institute (API):
A mariner may satisfy the standard of safety concerns of vessels operating in
competence for Basic or Advanced polar waters. API Title
Training in Polar Code Operations by Chapters
This notice is issued under authority
meeting the respective sea service and of 5 U.S.C. 552(a). 3 .............. Tank Gauging.
training requirements prescribed in 7 .............. Temperature Determination.
Dated: February 8, 2016.
Enclosure (1) of the Policy Letter. 8 .............. Sampling.
By meeting the basic or advanced J.G. Lantz,
9 .............. Density Determinations.
training standard required by the Polar Director of Commercial Regulations and
12 ............ Calculations.
Code, mariners are also meeting the Standards, U.S. Coast Guard.
17 ............ Maritime Measurement.
familiarization requirements of 46 CFR [FR Doc. 2016–02890 Filed 2–11–16; 8:45 am]
15.405, which states that each BILLING CODE 9110–04–P AmSpec Services, LLC is accredited
credentialed mariner must be familiar for the following laboratory analysis
with the relevant characteristics of the procedures and methods for petroleum
vessel appropriate to his or her duties DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND and certain petroleum products set forth
and responsibilities prior to assuming SECURITY by the U.S. Customs and Border
those duties and responsibilities. On Protection Laboratory Methods (CBPL)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
board a seagoing vessel, this and American Society for Testing and
responsibility rests with both the Accreditation and Approval of AmSpec Materials (ASTM): Anyone wishing to
mariner and the employer as set forth in Services, Llc, as a Commercial Gauger employ this entity to conduct laboratory
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46 CFR 15.1105, which requires and Laboratory analyses and gauger services should
mariners subject to STCW to complete request and receive written assurances
familiarization training before AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border from the entity that it is accredited or
performing any duty or being assigned Protection, Department of Homeland approved by the U.S. Customs and
any responsibility unless they are Security. Border Protection to conduct the
familiar with those duties and specific test or gauger service requested.
ACTION:Notice of accreditation and
responsibilities and with all of the Alternatively, inquiries regarding the
approval of AmSpec Services, LLC, as a
vessel’s arrangements, installations, specific test or gauger service this entity
commercial gauger and laboratory.
equipment, procedures, and is accredited or approved to perform
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may be directed to the U.S. Customs and CBPL Inspectorate America Corporation as
ASTM Title
Border Protection by calling (202) 344– No. commercial gauger and laboratory
1060. The inquiry may also be sent to became effective on July 22, 2015. The
27–57 D7039 Standard Test Method for next triennial inspection date will be
CBPGaugersLabs@cbp.dhs.gov. Please
Sulfur in Gasoline and scheduled for July 2018.
reference the Web site listed below for Diesel Fuel by
a complete listing of CBP approved Monochromatic Wave- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
gaugers and accredited laboratories. length Dispersive X-Ray Approved Gauger and Accredited
http://www.cbp.gov/about/labs- Fluorescence Spectrom- Laboratories Manager, Laboratories and
scientific/commercial-gaugers-and- etry Scientific Services Directorate, U.S.
laboratories. 27–58 D5191 Standard Test Method For Customs and Border Protection, 1300
Vapor Pressure of Petro- Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite
leum Products 1500N, Washington, DC 20229, tel. 202–
CBPL ASTM Title
No. 344–1060.
Dated: February 5, 2016. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
27–02 D1298 Standard Practice for Den- Ira S. Reese,
sity, Relative Density
hereby given pursuant to 19 CFR 151.12
Executive Director, Laboratories and and 19 CFR 151.13, that Inspectorate
(Specific Gravity), or API
Scientific Services Directorate. America Corporation, 2947 Dutton Mill
Gravity of Crude Petro-
leum and Liquid Petro- [FR Doc. 2016–02960 Filed 2–11–16; 8:45 am] Rd., Suite A–1, Aston, PA 19014, has
leum Products by Hy- BILLING CODE 9111–14–P been approved to gauge petroleum and
drometer Meter certain petroleum products and
27–04 D95 ... Standard Test Method for accredited to test petroleum and certain
Water in Petroleum Prod- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND petroleum products for customs
ucts and Bituminous Ma- SECURITY purposes, in accordance with the
terials by Distillation
provisions of 19 CFR 151.12 and 19 CFR
27–06 D473 Standard Test Method for U.S. Customs and Border Protection 151.13. Inspectorate America
Sediment in Crude Oils
and Fuel Oils by the Ex- Accreditation and Approval of Corporation is approved for the
traction Method Inspectorate America Corporation, As following gauging procedures for
27–08 D86 ... Standard Test Method for a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory petroleum and certain petroleum
Distillation of Petroleum products from the American Petroleum
Products AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Institute (API):
27–11 D445 Standard Test Method for Protection, Department of Homeland
Kinematic Viscosity of Security. API Title
Transparent and Opaque ACTION: Notice of accreditation and
chapters
Liquids approval of Inspectorate America
27–13 D4294 Standard Test Method for 3 .............. Tank Gauging
Corporation as a commercial gauger and 7 .............. Temperature Determination
Sulfur in Petroleum and
Petroleum Products by
laboratory. 8 .............. Sampling
Energy-Dispersive X-ray 9 .............. Density Determinations
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 12 ............ Calculations
Fluorescence Spectrom-
pursuant to CBP regulations, that 17 ............ Maritime Measurement
etry
27–48 D4052 Standard Test Method for
Inspectorate America Corporation has
Density and Relative Den- been approved to gauge petroleum and Inspectorate America Corporation is
sity of Liquids by Digital certain petroleum products and accredited for the following laboratory
Density Meter accredited to test petroleum and certain analysis procedures and methods for
petroleum products for customs petroleum and certain petroleum
purposes for the next three years as of products set forth by the U.S. Customs
July 22, 2015. and Border Protection Laboratory
DATES: Effective Dates: The Methods (CBPL) and American Society
accreditation and approval of for Testing and Materials (ASTM):
CBPL No. ASTM Title
27–02 .............. D1298 Standard Practice for Density, Relative Density (Specific Gravity), or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liq-
uid Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Meter.
27–03 .............. D4006 Standard Test Method for Water in Crude Oil 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 Fluores-
cence Spectrometry.
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27–48 .............. D4052 Standard Test Method for Density and Relative Density of Liquids by Digital Density Meter.
27–54 .............. D1796 Standard Test Method for Water and Sediment in Fuel Oils by the Centrifuge Method.
27–58 .............. D5191 Standard Test Method For Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products.
Anyone wishing to employ this entity entity that it is accredited or approved inquiries regarding the specific test or
to conduct laboratory analyses and by the U.S. Customs and Border gauger service this entity is accredited
gauger services should request and Protection to conduct the specific test or or approved to perform may be directed
receive written assurances from the gauger service requested. Alternatively, to the U.S. Customs and Border
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| Action | Notice of accreditation and approval of AmSpec Services, LLC, as a commercial gauger and laboratory. | |
| 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. | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 7553 |
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