Notice2025-15820
Accreditation and Approval of Quality Custom Inspections and Laboratories, Inc., (Pasadena, TX) as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
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Published
August 20, 2025
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Customs and Border Protection
Abstract
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Quality Custom Inspections and Laboratories, Inc. (Pasadena, 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 16, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40616-40617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15820]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Accreditation and Approval of Quality Custom Inspections and
Laboratories, Inc., (Pasadena, 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 Quality Custom
Inspections and Laboratories, Inc. (Pasadena, TX), as a commercial
gauger and laboratory.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that
Quality Custom Inspections and Laboratories, Inc. (Pasadena, 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 16, 2023.
DATES: Quality Custom Inspections and Laboratories, Inc. (Pasadena, TX)
was approved and accredited as a
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commercial gauger and laboratory as of August 16, 2023. The next
triennial inspection date will be scheduled for August 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Laura Granell-Ortiz, 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 Quality Custom Inspections and
Laboratories, Inc., 402 Pasadena Blvd., Pasadena, TX 77506, 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.
Quality Custom Inspections and Laboratories, Inc. (Pasadena, 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.
11............................... Physical Properties Data.
12............................... Calculation of Petroleum Quantities.
17............................... Marine Measurements.
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Quality Custom Inspections and Laboratories, Inc. (Pasadena, 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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27-01.............. D287 Standard Test Method for API
Gravity of Crude Petroleum
Products and Petroleum
Products (Hydrometer Method).
27-03.............. D4006 Standard Test Method for Water
in Crude Oil by Distillation.
27-04.............. D95 Standard Test Method for Water
in Petroleum Products and
Bituminous Materials by
Distillation.
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 (the Calculation of
Dynamic Velocity).
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).
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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#551617051234203230272619343726153637257b313d267b323a23"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81c2c3d1c6e0f4e6e4f3f2cde0e3f2c1e2e3f1afe5e9f2afe6eef7">[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. 2025-15820 Filed 8-19-25; 8:45 am]
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