81_FR_91426 81 FR 91184 - Accreditation and Approval of Intertek USA, Inc., as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory

81 FR 91184 - Accreditation and Approval of Intertek USA, Inc., as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 242 (December 16, 2016)

Page Range91184-91185
FR Document2016-30297

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Intertek USA, Inc. 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 May 25, 2016.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 242 (Friday, December 16, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 242 (Friday, December 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 91184-91185]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30297]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Accreditation and Approval of Intertek USA, Inc., as a Commercial 
Gauger and Laboratory

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

ACTION: Notice of accreditation and approval of Intertek USA, Inc. as a 
commercial gauger and laboratory.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that 
Intertek USA, Inc. 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 
May 25, 2016.

DATES: Effective Dates: The accreditation and approval of Intertek USA, 
Inc. as commercial gauger and laboratory became effective on May 25, 
2016. The next triennial inspection date will be scheduled for May 
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 Intertek USA, Inc., 1211 Belgrove Drive, 
St. Louis, MO 63137 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. Intertek USA, Inc. 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..................................  Marine Measurement.
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    Intertek USA, Inc. 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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27-03.............  D 4006             Standard Test Method for Water in
                                        Crude Oil by Distillation.
27-04.............  D 95               Standard Test Method for Water in
                                        Petroleum Products and
                                        Bituminous Materials by
                                        Distillation.
27-05.............  D 4928             Standard Test Method for Water in
                                        Crude Oils by Coulometric Karl
                                        Fischer Titration.
27-06.............  D 473              Standard Test Method for Sediment
                                        in Crude Oils and Fuel Oils by
                                        the Extraction Method.
27-08.............  D 86               Standard Test Method for
                                        Distillation of Petroleum
                                        Products at Atmospheric
                                        Pressure.
27-11.............  D 445              Standard Test Method for
                                        Kinematic Viscosity of
                                        Transparent and Opaque Liquids
                                        (and Calculation of Dynamic
                                        Viscosity).
27-13.............  D 4294             Standard Test Method for Sulfur
                                        in Petroleum and Petroleum
                                        Products by Energy Dispersive X-
                                        ray Fluorescence Spectrometry.
27-46.............  D 5002             Standard Test Method for Density
                                        and Relative Density of Crude
                                        Oils by Digital Density
                                        Analyzer.
27-48.............  D 4052             Standard Test Method for Density
                                        and Relative Density of Liquids
                                        by Digital Density Meter.
27-50.............  D 93               Standard Test Methods for Flash
                                        Point by Pensky-Martens Closed
                                        Cup Tester.
27-53.............  D 2709             Standard Test Method for Water
                                        and Sediment in Middle
                                        Distillate Fuels by Centrifuge.
27-54.............  D 1796             Standard Test Method for Water
                                        and Sediment in Fuel Oils by the
                                        Centrifuge Method (Laboratory
                                        Procedure).
27-58.............  D 5191             Standard Test Method For Vapor
                                        Pressure of Petroleum Products
                                        (Mini Method).
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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: December 5, 2016.
Ira S. Reese,
Executive Director, Laboratories and Scientific Services Directorate.
[FR Doc. 2016-30297 Filed 12-15-16; 8:45 am]
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91184 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 242 / Friday, December 16, 2016 / Notices (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance the discussions could disclose ACTION:Notice of accreditation and Program Nos. 93.271, Alcohol Research confidential trade secrets or commercial approval of Intertek USA, Inc. as a Career Development Awards for Scientists property such as patentable material, commercial gauger and laboratory. and Clinicians; 93.272, Alcohol National Research Service Awards for Research and personal information concerning Training; 93.273, Alcohol Research Programs; individuals associated with the contract SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 93.891, Alcohol Research Center Grants; proposals, the disclosure of which pursuant to CBP regulations, that 93.701, ARRA Related Biomedical Research would constitute a clearly unwarranted Intertek USA, Inc. has been approved to and Research Support Awards., National invasion of personal privacy. gauge petroleum and certain petroleum Institutes of Health, HHS) Name of Committee: National Institute on products and accredited to test Dated: December 12, 2016. Drug Abuse Special Emphasis Panel; petroleum and certain petroleum Melanie J. Pantoja, Synthesis and Distribution of Opioid and products for customs purposes for the Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Related Peptides (7795). Date: January 5, 2017. next three years as of May 25, 2016. Committee Policy. Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. DATES: Effective Dates: The [FR Doc. 2016–30218 Filed 12–15–16; 8:45 am] Agenda: To review and evaluate contract BILLING CODE 4140–01–P accreditation and approval of Intertek proposals. Place: National Institutes of Health, USA, Inc. as commercial gauger and Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive laboratory became effective on May 25, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852 (Telephone 2016. The next triennial inspection date HUMAN SERVICES Conference Call). will be scheduled for May 2019. Contact Person: Lyle Furr, Scientific National Institutes of Health Review Officer, Office of Extramural Affairs, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, Approved Gauger and Accredited National Institute on Alcohol Abuse DHHS, Room 4227, MSC 9550, 6001 Laboratories Manager, Laboratories and and Alcoholism; Amended Notice of Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892– Scientific Services Directorate, U.S. Meeting 9550, (301) 827–5702, lf33c.nih.gov. Customs and Border Protection, 1300 Name of Committee: National Institute on Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite Notice is hereby given of a change in Drug Abuse Special Emphasis Panel; the meeting of the National Institute on Affordable Care Act (ACA) Web Platform to 1500N, Washington, DC 20229, tel. 202– Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Special Integrate Behavioral Health and Prevention 344–1060. Emphasis Panel, March 28, 2017, 08:30 with Primary Care (5679). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is a.m. to March 28, 2017, 05:00 p.m., Date: January 10, 2017. Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. hereby given pursuant to 19 CFR 151.12 National Institutes of Health, National Agenda: To review and evaluate contract and 19 CFR 151.13, that Intertek USA, Institute on Alcohol Abuse and proposals. Inc., 1211 Belgrove Drive, St. Louis, MO Alcoholism, 5635 Fishers Lane, Terrace Conference Room 508, Rockville, MD, Place: National Institutes of Health, 63137 has been approved to gauge Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive petroleum and certain petroleum 20892 which was published in the Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852 (Telephone Federal Register on November 29, 2016, products and accredited to test Conference Call). 81FR85983. Contact Person: Lyle Furr, Scientific petroleum and certain petroleum This notice is amended to change the Review Officer, Office of Extramural Affairs, products for customs purposes, in meeting date from March 28, 2017 to National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, accordance with the provisions of 19 March 29, 2017. The meeting is closed DHHS, Room 4227, MSC 9550, 6001 CFR 151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13. Intertek to the public. Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892– USA, Inc. is approved for the following 9550, (301) 827–5702, lf33c.nih.gov. gauging procedures for petroleum and Dated: December 12, 2016. (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance certain petroleum products from the Melanie J. Pantoja, Program No.: 93.279, Drug Abuse and Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory American Petroleum Institute (API): Addiction Research Programs, National Committee Policy. Institutes of Health, HHS) API chapters Title [FR Doc. 2016–30219 Filed 12–15–16; 8:45 am] Dated: December 12, 2016. BILLING CODE 4140–01–P Natasha M. Copeland, 3 ................... Tank Gauging. Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 7 ................... Temperature Determination. Committee Policy. 8 ................... Sampling. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 12 ................. Calculations. HUMAN SERVICES [FR Doc. 2016–30220 Filed 12–15–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 17 ................. Marine Measurement. National Institutes of Health Intertek USA, Inc. is accredited for the National Institute on Drug Abuse; DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND following laboratory analysis Notice of Closed Meeting SECURITY procedures and methods for petroleum Pursuant to section 10(d) of the and certain petroleum products set forth Federal Advisory Committee Act, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection by the U.S. Customs and Border amended (5 U.S.C. App), notice is Protection Laboratory Methods (CBPL) Accreditation and Approval of Intertek hereby given of the following meeting. and American Society for Testing and USA, Inc., as a Commercial Gauger mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES The meeting will be closed to the Materials (ASTM): and Laboratory public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., Protection, Department of Homeland as amended. The contract proposals and Security. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:42 Dec 15, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16DEN1.SGM 16DEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 242 / Friday, December 16, 2016 / Notices 91185 CBPL No. ASTM Title 27–03 ........... D 4006 Standard Test Method for Water in Crude Oil by Distillation. 27–04 ........... D 95 Standard Test Method for Water in Petroleum Products and Bituminous Materials by Distillation. 27–05 ........... D 4928 Standard Test Method for Water in Crude Oils by Coulometric Karl Fischer Titration. 27–06 ........... D 473 Standard Test Method for Sediment in Crude Oils and Fuel Oils by the Extraction Method. 27–08 ........... D 86 Standard Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at Atmospheric Pressure. 27–11 ........... D 445 Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity). 27–13 ........... D 4294 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluores- cence Spectrometry. 27–46 ........... D 5002 Standard Test Method for Density and Relative Density of Crude Oils by Digital Density Analyzer. 27–48 ........... D 4052 Standard Test Method for Density and Relative Density of Liquids by Digital Density Meter. 27–50 ........... D 93 Standard Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester. 27–53 ........... D 2709 Standard Test Method for Water and Sediment in Middle Distillate Fuels by Centrifuge. 27–54 ........... D 1796 Standard Test Method for Water and Sediment in Fuel Oils by the Centrifuge Method (Laboratory Procedure). 27–58 ........... D 5191 Standard Test Method For Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Mini Method). Anyone wishing to employ this entity 20410; telephone (202) 402–3970; TTY and environmental impact statement to conduct laboratory analyses and number for the hearing- and speech- (EIS) for Silvio O. Conte National Fish gauger services should request and impaired (202) 708–2565 (these and Wildlife Refuge (Conte NFWR). The receive written assurances from the telephone numbers are not toll-free), CCP/EIS describes how we propose to entity that it is accredited or approved call the toll-free Title V information line manage the refuge for the next 15 years. by the U.S. Customs and Border at 800–927–7588 or send an email to DATES: The Service’s decision on Protection to conduct the specific test or title5@hud.gov. issuance of an the final CCP/EIS will gauger service requested. Alternatively, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In occur no sooner than 30 days after the inquiries regarding the specific test or accordance with the December 12, 1988 publication of the U.S. Environmental gauger service this entity is accredited court order in National Coalition for the Protection Agency’s (EPA) notice of the or approved to perform may be directed Homeless v. Veterans Administration, final EIS in the Federal Register and to the U.S. Customs and Border No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD will be documented in a Service Record Protection by calling (202) 344–1060. publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis, of Decision (ROD). The inquiry may also be sent to identifying unutilized, underutilized, ADDRESSES: You may view or obtain CBPGaugersLabs@cbp.dhs.gov. Please excess and surplus Federal buildings copies of the final CCP/EIS by any of the reference the Web site listed below for and real property that HUD has following methods. You may also a complete listing of CBP approved reviewed for suitability for use to assist request a copy on CD–ROM and limited gaugers and accredited laboratories. the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the hard copies will be available. http://www.cbp.gov/about/labs- purpose of announcing that no Agency Web site: Download a copy of scientific/commercial-gaugers-and- additional properties have been the document at https://www.fws.gov/ laboratories. determined suitable or unsuitable this refuge/Silvio_O_Conte/what_we_do/ Dated: December 5, 2016. week. conservation.html. Ira S. Reese, Dated: December 8, 2016. Email: Send requests to Executive Director, Laboratories and northeastplanning@fws.gov, and include Brian P. Fitzmaurice, Scientific Services Directorate. ‘‘Conte NFWR CCP’’ in the subject line Director, Division of Community Assistance, [FR Doc. 2016–30297 Filed 12–15–16; 8:45 am] of your email. Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs. BILLING CODE 9111–14–P U.S. Mail: Nancy McGarigal, Refuge [FR Doc. 2016–29821 Filed 12–15–16; 8:45 am] Planner, 300 Westgate Center Drive, BILLING CODE 4210–67–P Hadley, MA 01035. Fax: Attention: Nancy McGarigal, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 413–253–8468. URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR To view comments on the final CCP/ [Docket No. FR–5907–N–51] EIS from the EPA, or for information on Fish and Wildlife Service EPA’s role in the EIS process, see EPA’s Federal Property Suitable as Facilities [FWS–R5–R–2016–N207; BAC–4333–99] Role in the EIS Process under To Assist the Homeless SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Silvio O. Conte National Fish and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Secretary for Community Planning and Wildlife Refuge; Final Comprehensive Andrew French, Refuge Manager, 413– Development, HUD. Conservation Plan and Environmental 548–9725 (phone); andrew_french@ Impact Statement fws.gov (email). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: This Notice identifies Interior. unutilized, underutilized, excess, and Introduction mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES ACTION: Notice of availability; final surplus Federal property reviewed by With this notice, we continue the CCP comprehensive conservation plan and HUD for suitability for possible use to process for Conte NFWR, which we environmental impact statement. assist the homeless. began by publishing a notice of intent in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and the Federal Register (71 FR 62006) on Juanita Perry, Department of Housing Wildlife Service (Service), announce the October 20, 2006. For more about the and Urban Development, 451 Seventh availability for review of our final initial process and the history of this Street SW., Room 7266, Washington, DC comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) refuge, please see that notice. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of accreditation and approval of Intertek USA, Inc. as a commercial gauger and laboratory.
DatesEffective Dates: The accreditation and approval of Intertek USA, Inc. as commercial gauger and laboratory became effective on May 25, 2016. The next triennial inspection date will be scheduled for May 2019.
ContactApproved 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 Citation81 FR 91184 
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