Notice2025-20272
Accreditation and Approval of Certispec Services USA, Inc. (Texas City, TX) as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
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Published
November 19, 2025
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Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Customs and Border Protection
Abstract
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Certispec Services USA, Inc. (Texas City, 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 September 5, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52089-52090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20272]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Accreditation and Approval of Certispec Services USA, Inc. (Texas
City, 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 Certispec Services USA,
Inc. (Texas City, TX), as a commercial gauger and laboratory.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that
Certispec Services USA, Inc. (Texas City, 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 September 5, 2024.
DATES: Certispec Services USA, Inc. (Texas City, TX) was approved and
accredited as a commercial gauger and laboratory as of September 5,
2024. The next triennial inspection date will be scheduled for
September 2027.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert P. Munivez, Laboratories and
Scientific Services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 4150 Interwood
South Parkway, Houston, TX 77032, tel. 281-560-2900.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given pursuant to 19 CFR
151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13, that Certispec Services USA, Inc., 1448 Texas
Avenue, Texas City, TX 77590, has been approved to gauge petroleum and
certain petroleum products and accredited to test petroleum and certain
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petroleum products for customs purposes, in accordance with the
provisions of 19 CFR 151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13.
Certispec Services USA, Inc. (Texas City, 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.
8................................... Sampling.
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Certispec Services USA, Inc. (Texas City, 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 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.
27-05.................. 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.
27-46.................. 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.
27-57.................. D7039 Standard Test Method for Sulfur
in Gasoline and Diesel Fuel by
Monochromatic Wavelength
Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence
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#88cbcad8cfe9fdefedfafbc4e9eafbc8ebeaf8a6ece0fba6efe7fe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="450607150224302220373609242736052627356b212d366b222a33">[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>.
Aine M. Ramirez,
Laboratory Director, Houston Laboratory, Laboratories and Scientific
Services.
[FR Doc. 2025-20272 Filed 11-18-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9111-14-P
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