Notice2025-09913
Accreditation and Approval of Intertek USA, Inc. (Nederland, TX) as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
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Published
June 2, 2025
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Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Customs and Border Protection
Abstract
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Intertek USA, Inc. (Nederland, TX), 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 15, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 104 (Monday, June 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 23345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09913]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Accreditation and Approval of Intertek USA, Inc. (Nederland, TX)
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.
(Nederland, TX) as a commercial gauger and laboratory.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that
Intertek USA, Inc. (Nederland, TX), 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 15, 2024.
DATES: Intertek USA, Inc. (Nederland, TX) was approved and accredited
as a commercial gauger and laboratory as of May 15, 2024. The next
inspection date will be scheduled for May 2027.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Eugene Bondoc, Laboratories and
Scientific Services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1331
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 1501-A North, Washington, DC 20004, 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., 2780 Highway 69 N.,
Nederland, TX 77627, 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. (Nederland, 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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3................................ Tank Gauging.
5................................ Metering.
7................................ Temperature Determination.
8................................ Sampling.
11............................... Physical Properties Data.
12............................... Calculation of Petroleum Quantities.
14............................... Natural Gas Fluids Measurement.
17............................... Marine Measurement.
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Intertek USA, Inc. (Nederland, TX) 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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27-04.................... D95 Standard Test Method for
Water in Petroleum
Products and Bituminous
Materials 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.
27-07.................... D4807 Standard Test Method for
Sediment in Crude Oil by
Membrane Filtration.
27-08.................... D86 Standard Test Method for
Distillation of Petroleum
Products at Atmospheric
Pressure.
27-11.................... D445 Standard Test Method for
Kinematic Viscosity of
Transparent and Opaque
Liquids (and Calculation
of Dynamic Viscosity).
27-13.................... D4294 Standard Test Method for
Sulfur in Petroleum and
Petroleum Products by
Energy-Dispersive X-ray
Fluorescence
Spectrometry.
27-46.................... D5002 Standard Test Method for
Density, Relative
Density, and API Gravity
of Crude Oils by Digital
Density Analyzer.
27-48.................... D4052 Standard Test Method for
Density, Relative
Density, and API Gravity
of Liquids by Digital
Density Meter.
27-53.................... D2709 Standard Test Method for
Water and Sediment in
Middle Distillate Fuels
by Centrifuge.
27-54.................... D1796 Standard Test Method for
Water and Sediment in
Fuel Oils by the
Centrifuge Method
(Laboratory Procedure).
N/A...................... D4007 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 (202)
344-1060. The inquiry may also be sent to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a6e5e4f6e1c7d3c1c3d4d5eac7c4d5e6c5c4d688c2ced588c1c9d0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="054647554264706260777649646776456667752b616d762b626a73">[email protected]</span></a>.
Please reference the website listed below for a complete listing of CBP
approved gaugers and accredited laboratories. <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/about/labs-scientific/commercial-gaugers-and-laboratories">https://www.cbp.gov/about/labs-scientific/commercial-gaugers-and-laboratories</a>.
Lina M. Acosta,
Acting Laboratory Director, Houston, Laboratories and Scientific
Services.
[FR Doc. 2025-09913 Filed 5-30-25; 8:45 am]
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