Notice2023-20860
Accreditation and Approval of Thionville Surveying Company, Inc., (Harahan, LA) as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
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Published
September 26, 2023
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Customs and Border Protection
Abstract
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Thionville Surveying Company, Inc., (Harahan, LA) has been approved to gauge animal and vegetable oils and accredited to test certain animal and vegetable oils for customs purposes for the next four years as of July 13, 2021.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66026-66027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20860]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Accreditation and Approval of Thionville Surveying Company, Inc.,
(Harahan, LA) as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice of accreditation and approval of Thionville Surveying
Company, Inc., (Harahan, LA), as a commercial gauger and laboratory.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that
Thionville Surveying Company, Inc., (Harahan, LA) has been approved to
gauge animal and vegetable oils and accredited to test certain animal
and vegetable oils for customs purposes for the next four years as of
July 13, 2021.
DATES: Thionville Surveying Company, Inc., (Harahan, LA) was approved
and accredited as a commercial gauger and laboratory as of July 13,
2021. The next inspection date will be scheduled for July 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Eugene Bondoc, Laboratories and
Scientific Services Directorate, U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 1501N, 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 Thionville Surveying Company, Inc., 5440
Pepsi Street, Harahan, LA 70123, has been approved to gauge animal and
vegetable oils and accredited to test certain animal and vegetable oils
for customs purposes, in accordance with the provisions of 19 CFR
151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13 as of July 13, 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), <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/document/guidance/covid-19-gauger-postponement-letter">https://www.cbp.gov/document/guidance/covid-19-gauger-postponement-letter</a>.
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Thionville Surveying Company, Inc., (Harahan, LA) is approved for
the following gauging procedures for animal and vegetable oils per the
National Institute of Oilseed Products (NIOP) standards:
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Method Title
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NIOP 5.10.5...................... Weight Determination/Gauging.
ISO 5555......................... Animal and vegetable fats and oils-
Sampling.
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Thionville Surveying Company, Inc., (Harahan, LA) is accredited for
the following laboratory analysis procedures and methods for certain
animal and vegetable oils set forth by the U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Laboratory Methods (CBPL), the International Standards
Organization (ISO), and the American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS):
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CBPL No. Method Title
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15-02............................ AOCS Ca 5a-40 Free Fatty Acids in Crude and Refined Fats
and Oils.
15-12............................ AOCS Ce 1h-05 Determination of cis-, trans-, Saturated,
Monounsaturated and Polyunsaturated Fatty
Acids in Vegetable or Non-Ruminant Animal
Oils and Fats by Capillary GLC.
27-48............................ ASTM D-4052 Standard Test Method for Density, Relative
Density, and API Gravity of Liquids by
Digital Density Meter.
33-08............................ USP 621 Chromatography.
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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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#70333220371105171502033c111203301312005e1418035e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f2b1b0a2b5938795978081be939081b2919082dc969a81dc959d84">[email protected]</span></a>.
Please reference the website listed below for a complete listing of CBP
approved gaugers and accredited laboratories. <a href="http://www.cbp.gov/about/labs-scientific/commercial-gaugers-and-laboratories">http://www.cbp.gov/about/labs-scientific/commercial-gaugers-and-laboratories</a>
James D. Sweet,
Laboratory Director, Houston, Laboratories and Scientific Services
Directorate.
[FR Doc. 2023-20860 Filed 9-25-23; 8:45 am]
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