Notice2025-07871
Accreditation and Approval of Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade, Inc. (Ferndale, WA) as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
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Published
May 6, 2025
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Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Customs and Border Protection
Abstract
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade, Inc. (Ferndale, WA), 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 January 8, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 6, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 19212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07871]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Accreditation and Approval of Bureau Veritas Commodities and
Trade, Inc. (Ferndale, WA) as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice of accreditation and approval of Bureau Veritas
Commodities and Trade, Inc. (Ferndale, WA), as a commercial gauger and
laboratory.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that
Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade, Inc. (Ferndale, WA), 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 January 8, 2024.
DATES: Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade, Inc. (Ferndale, WA) was
approved and accredited as a commercial gauger and laboratory as of
January 8, 2024. The next triennial inspection date will be scheduled
for January 2027.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Allison Blair, Laboratories and
Scientific Services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 4150 Interwood
South Parkway, Houston, TX 77032, tel. 281-560-2900.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given pursuant to 19 CFR
151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13, that Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade,
Inc, 1350 Slater Road, Suite 7, Ferndale, Washington 98248, 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.
Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade, Inc. (Ferndale, WA) 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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Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade, Inc. (Ferndale, WA) 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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27-01................. D 287 Standard Test Method for
API Gravity of Crude
Petroleum and Petroleum
Products (Hydrometer
Method).
27-02................. D 1298 Standard Test Method for
Density, Relative
Density (Specific
Gravity), or API Gravity
of Crude Petroleum and
Liquid Petroleum
Products by Hydrometer
Method.
27-03................. D 4006 Standard Test Method for
Water in Crude Oil 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.
27-13................. D 4294 Standard Test Method for
Sulfur in Petroleum and
Petroleum Products by
Energy-Dispersive X-ray
Fluorescence
Spectrometry.
27-14................. D 2622 Standard Test Method for
Sulfur in Petroleum
Products by Wavelength
Dispersive X-Ray
Fluorescence
Spectrometry.
27-46................. D 5002 Standard Test Method for
Density, Relative
Density, and API Gravity
of Crude Oils by Digital
Density Analyzer.
27-48................. D 4052 Standard Test Method for
Density, Relative
Density, and API Gravity
of Liquids by Digital
Density Meter.
27-57................. D 7039 Standard Test Method for
Sulfur in Gasoline and
Diesel Fuel by
Monochromatic Wavelength
Dispersive X-Ray
Fluorescence
Spectrometry.
27-58................. D 5191 Standard Test Method For
Vapor Pressure of
Petroleum Products (Mini
Method).
N/A................... D 4007 Standard Test Method for
Water and Sediment in
Crude Oil by the
Centrifuge Method
(Laboratory Procedure).
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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 (281)
560-2900. The inquiry may also be sent to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c7f7e6c7b5d495b594e4f705d5e4f7c5f5e4c1258544f125b534a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="53101103143226343621201f323120133031237d373b207d343c25">[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>.
Dated: March 19, 2025.
Lina Acosta,
Acting Laboratory Director, Houston, Laboratories and Scientific
Services.
[FR Doc. 2025-07871 Filed 5-5-25; 8:45 am]
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