Notice2023-20871
Approval of The Strawn Group (Houston, TX) as a Commercial Gauger
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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 The Strawn Group (Houston, TX) has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products and accredited to test petroleum and certain petroleum products for the next four years as of December 14, 2021.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66021-66022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20871]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Approval of The Strawn Group (Houston, TX) as a Commercial Gauger
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice of approval of The Strawn Group (Houston, TX) as a
commercial gauger.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that The
Strawn Group (Houston, TX) has been approved to gauge petroleum and
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certain petroleum products and accredited to test petroleum and certain
petroleum products for the next four years as of December 14, 2021.
DATES: The Strawn Group (Houston, TX) was approved as a commercial
gauger as of December 14, 2021. The next inspection date will be
scheduled for December 2025.
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
151.13, that The Strawn Group, 3855 Villa Ridge Road, Houston, TX
77068, has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum
products for customs purposes, in accordance with the provisions of 19
CFR 151.13 as of December 14, 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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The Strawn Group (Houston, TX) 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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8.2....................................... Standard practice for
automatic sampling of
petroleum and petroleum
products.
8.3....................................... Standard practice for mixing
and handling of liquid
samples of petroleum and
petroleum products.
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Anyone wishing to employ this entity to conduct gauger services
should request and receive written assurances from the entity that it
is approved by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to conduct the
gauger service requested. Alternatively, inquiries regarding the
specific gauger service this entity is 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#87c4c5d7c0e6f2e0e2f5f4cbe6e5f4c7e4e5f7a9e3eff4a9e0e8f1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8fcccddfc8eefae8eafdfcc3eeedfccfecedffa1ebe7fca1e8e0f9">[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. 2023-20871 Filed 9-25-23; 8:45 am]
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