Notice2025-12537
Accreditation and Approval of Saybolt LP (Deer Park (Vopak), TX) as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
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Published
July 7, 2025
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Customs and Border Protection
Abstract
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Saybolt LP (Deer Park (Vopak), 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 August 21, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 127 (Monday, July 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29878-29879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12537]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Accreditation and Approval of Saybolt LP (Deer Park (Vopak), 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 Saybolt LP (Deer Park
(Vopak), TX), as a commercial gauger and laboratory.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that
Saybolt LP (Deer Park (Vopak), 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 August 21, 2024.
DATES: Saybolt LP (Deer Park (Vopak), TX) was approved and accredited
as a commercial gauger and laboratory as of August 21, 2024. The next
triennial inspection date will be scheduled for August 2027.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert P. Munivez, Laboratories
and Scientific Services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 4150
Interwood South Parkway, Houston, TX 77032, tel. 281-560-2937.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given pursuant to 19 CFR
151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13, that Saybolt LP, 2759 Independence Parkway,
Deer Park, TX 77539, 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.
Saybolt LP (Deer Park (Vopak), 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.
7................................ Temperature Determination.
8................................ Sampling.
12............................... Calculation of Petroleum Quantities.
17............................... Marine Measurement.
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Saybolt LP (Deer Park (Vopak), 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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27-08................. 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).
27-48................. 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.
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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#4f0c0d1f082e3a282a3d3c032e2d3c0f2c2d3f612b273c61282039"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a49485a4d6b7f6d6f7879466b68794a69687a246e6279246d657c">[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. 2025-12537 Filed 7-3-25; 8:45 am]
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