Notice2025-12862
Accreditation and Approval of AmSpec LLC (Everett, MA) as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
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Published
July 10, 2025
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Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that AmSpec LLC (Everett, MA), 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 29, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 130 (Thursday, July 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30654-30655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12862]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Accreditation and Approval of AmSpec LLC (Everett, MA) as a
Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice of accreditation and approval of AmSpec LLC (Everett,
MA), as a commercial gauger and laboratory.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that
AmSpec LLC (Everett, MA), 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 29, 2024.
DATES: AmSpec LLC (Everett, MA) was approved and accredited as a
commercial gauger and laboratory as of August 29, 2024. The next
triennial inspection date will be scheduled for August 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 AmSpec LLC, 30 Commercial Street,
Everett, MA 02149, 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.
AmSpec LLC (Everett, MA) 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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AmSpec LLC (Everett, MA) 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.
27-08................. 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).
27-14................. D2622 Standard Test Method for
Sulfur in Petroleum
Products by Wavelength
Dispersive X-Ray
Fluorescence
Spectrometry.
27-20................. D4057 Standard Practice for
Manual Sampling of
Petroleum and Petroleum
Products.
27-21................. D4177 Standard Practice for the
Automatic Sampling of
Petroleum and Petroleum
Products.
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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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).
27-58................. D5191 Standard Test Method for
Vapor Pressure of
Petroleum Products and
Liquid Fuels (Mini
Method).
N/A................... D3606 Standard Test Method for
Determination of Benzene
and Toluene in Spark
Ignition Fuels by Gas
Chromatography.
N/A................... D5599 Standard Test Method for
Determination of
Oxygenates in Gasoline
by Gas Chromatography
and Oxygen Selective
Flame Ionization
Detection.
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#b2f1f0e2f5d3c7d5d7c0c1fed3d0c1f2d1d0c29cd6dac19cd5ddc4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f5b6b7a5b2948092908786b9949786b5969785db919d86db929a83">[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,
(A) Laboratory Director, Houston, Laboratories and Scientific Services.
[FR Doc. 2025-12862 Filed 7-9-25; 8:45 am]
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