Notice2025-22204
Accreditation and Approval of AmSpec LLC (Peñuelas, PR), as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
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Published
December 8, 2025
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Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Customs and Border Protection
Abstract
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that AmSpec LLC (Pe[ntilde]uelas, PR), 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 10, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 233 (Monday, December 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56779-56780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22204]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Accreditation and Approval of AmSpec LLC (Pe[ntilde]uelas, PR),
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
(Pe[ntilde]uelas, PR), as a commercial gauger and laboratory.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that
AmSpec LLC (Pe[ntilde]uelas, PR), 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 10, 2024.
DATES: AmSpec LLC (Pe[ntilde]uelas, PR), was approved and accredited as
a commercial gauger and laboratory as of September 10, 2024. The next
triennial inspection date will be scheduled for September 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, Road 127 Km 15.6,
Pe[ntilde]uelas, PR 00624, has been approved to gauge petroleum
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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 (Pe[ntilde]uelas, PR), 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 (Pe[ntilde]uelas, PR), 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).
27-02..................... D1298 Standard Test Method for
Density, Relative
Density, or API Gravity
of Crude Petroleum and
Liquid Petroleum Products
by 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 (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.
27-14..................... D2622 Standard Test Method for
Sulfur in Petroleum
Products by Wavelength
Dispersive X-Ray
Fluorescence
Spectrometry.
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.
27-54..................... 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....................... D97 Standard Test Method for
Pour Point of Petroleum
Products.
N/A....................... D482 Standard Test Method for
Ash from Petroleum
Products.
N/A....................... D524 Standard Test Method for
Ramsbottom Carbon Residue
of 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#7f3c3d2f381e0a181a0d0c331e1d0c3f1c1d0f511b170c51181009"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="61222331260014060413122d000312210203114f0509124f060e17">[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>.
Patricia A. Coleman,
Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Laboratories and Scientific Services.
[FR Doc. 2025-22204 Filed 12-5-25; 8:45 am]
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