Notice2025-11703
Accreditation and Approval of Product Quality Management, LLC (Carteret, NJ) as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
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Published
June 25, 2025
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Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Customs and Border Protection
Abstract
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Product Quality Management, LLC (Carteret, NJ), 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 September 27, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27046-27047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11703]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Accreditation and Approval of Product Quality Management, LLC
(Carteret, NJ) as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice of accreditation and approval of Product Quality
Management, LLC (Carteret, NJ), as a commercial gauger and laboratory.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that
Product Quality Management, LLC (Carteret, NJ), 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 September 27, 2024.
DATES: Product Quality Management, LLC (Carteret, NJ) was approved and
accredited as a commercial gauger and laboratory as of September 27,
2024. The next triennial inspection date will be scheduled for
September 2027.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Justin Shey, Laboratories and
Scientific Services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1331
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 1501A 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 Product Quality Management, LLC, 2
Terminal Road KMI Building OB2, Carteret, NJ 07008 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.
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Product Quality Management, LLC (Carteret, NJ) 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.
11.................................. Physical Properties Data.
12.................................. Calculation of Petroleum
Quantities.
17.................................. Marine Measurement.
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Product Quality Management, LLC (Carteret, NJ) 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................. D287 Standard Test Method for API
Gravity of Crude Petroleum and
Petroleum Products (Hydrometer
Method).
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.
27-08................. 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.
27-14................. D2622 Standard Test Method for Sulfur
in Petroleum Products by
Wavelength 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.
27-50................. D93 Standard Test Methods for Flash
Point by Pensky-Martens Closed
Cup Tester.
27-53................. D2709 Standard Test Method for Water
and Sediment in Middle
Distillate Fuels by Centrifuge.
27-58................. D5191 Standard Test Method for Vapor
Pressure of Petroleum Products
and Liquid Fuels (Mini Method).
N/A................... D130 Standard Test Method for
Corrosiveness to Copper from
Petroleum Products by Copper
Strip Test.
N/A................... D2699 Standard Test Method for Research
Octane Number of Spark-Ignition
Engine Fuel.
N/A................... D2700 Standard Test Method for Motor
Octane Number of Spark-Ignition
Engine Fuel.
N/A................... D3606 Standard Test Method for
Determination of Benzene and
Toluene in Spark Ignition Fuels
by Gas Chromatography.
N/A................... D5769 Standard Test Method for
Determination of Benzene,
Toluene, and Total Aromatics in
Finished Gasolines by Gas
Chromatography/Mass
Spectrometry.
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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#0f4c4d5f486e7a686a7d7c436e6d7c4f6c6d7f216b677c21686079"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c1f1e0c1b3d293b392e2f103d3e2f1c3f3e2c7238342f723b332a">[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>.
Lina M. Acosta,
Acting Laboratory Director, Houston, Laboratories and Scientific
Services.
[FR Doc. 2025-11703 Filed 6-24-25; 8:45 am]
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