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&#160;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]
BILLING CODE 9111-14-P


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