Notice2025-12582
Approval and Accreditation of NMK Resources, Inc. (Kenner, LA) 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 NMK Resources, Inc. (Kenner, LA), 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 127 (Monday, July 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29877-29878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12582]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Approval and Accreditation of NMK Resources, Inc. (Kenner, LA) as
a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice of approval and accreditation of NMK Resources, Inc.
(Kenner, LA) as a commercial gauger and laboratory.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that NMK
Resources, Inc. (Kenner, LA), 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: NMK Resources, Inc. (Kenner, LA) was approved and accredited as
a commercial gauger and laboratory as of May 15, 2024. The next
triennial inspection date will be scheduled for May 2027.
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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 NMK Resources, Inc., 2330 Helena St.,
Kenner, LA 70062, 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. NMK Resources, Inc.
(Kenner, LA) 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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NMK Resources, Inc. (Kenner, LA) 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.
27-11................. 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.
27-50................. D93 Standard Test Methods for
Flash Point by Pensky-
Martens Closed Cup
Tester.
N/A................... D97 Standard Test Method for
Pour Point of Petroleum
Products.
N/A................... D4530 Standard Test Method for
Determination of Carbon
Residue (Micro Method).
N/A................... D482 Standard Test Method for
Ash from Petroleum
Products.
N/A................... D664 Standard Test Method for
Acid Number of Petroleum
Products by
Potentiometric
Titration.
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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#9ddedfcddafce8faf8efeed1fcffeeddfeffedb3f9f5eeb3faf2eb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="67242537200612000215142b0605142704051749030f1449000811">[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. 2025-12582 Filed 7-3-25; 8:45 am]
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