[Federal Register: July 11, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 133)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Bureau of Customs and Border Proctection
[CBP Decision 03--07]
Customs Accreditation of Alchem Laboratory, Inc., as a Commercial
Laboratory
AGENCY: Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice of Accreditation of Alchem Laboratory, Inc. of Ponce,
Puerto Rico, as a Commercial Laboratory.
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SUMMARY: Alchem Laboratory, Inc. of Ponce, Puerto Rico has applied to
Customs and Border Protection under part 151.12 of the Customs
Regulations for an extension of accreditation as a commercial
laboratory to analyze petroleum products under Chapter 27 and Chapter
29 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
Customs has determined that this company meets all of the requirements
for accreditation as a commercial laboratory. Specifically, Alchem
Laboratory, Inc. has been granted accreditation to perform the
following test methods at their Ponce, Puerto Rico site: (1)
Distillation of Petroleum Products, ASTM D86; (2) Kinematic Viscosity
of Transparent and Opaque Liquids, ASTM D445; (3) Density, Relative
Density (Specific Gravity), or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and
Liquid Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method, ASTM D1298; (4) Percent
by Weight of Sulfur by Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence, ASTM
D4294. Therefore, in accordance with part 151.12 of the Customs
Regulations, Alchem Laboratory, Inc. of Ponce, Puerto Rico is hereby
accredited to analyze the products named above.
Location: Alchem Laboratory, Inc. accredited site is located at:
Sabanetas Industrial Park, Building M-1380, Ponce, PR 00731.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlene Faustermann, Science Officer,
Laboratories and Scientific Services, Customs and Border Protection,
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 1500 North, Washington, DC 20229,
(202) 927-1060.
Dated: July 1, 2003.
Ira S. Reese,
Executive Director, Laboratories and Scientific Services.
[FR Doc. 03-17527 Filed 7-10-03; 8:45 am]
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