[Federal Register: July 11, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 133)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection

[CBP Decision 03--06]

 
Customs Accreditation of Intertek Testing Services/Caleb Brett as 
a Commercial Laboratory

AGENCY: Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice of Accreditation of Intertek Testing Services/Caleb 
Brett of Texas City, Texas, as a Commercial Laboratory.

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SUMMARY: Intertek Testing Services/Caleb Brett of Texas City, Texas 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, Intertek 
Testing Services/Caleb Brett has been granted accreditation to perform 
the following test methods at their Texas City, Texas site: (1) 
Distillation of Petroleum Products, ASTM D86; (2) Flash-Point by Pensky 
Martens Closed Cup Tester, ASTM D93; (3) API Gravity by Hydrometer, 
ASTM D287; (4) Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids, 
ASTM D445; (5)

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Sediment in Crude Oils and Fuel Oils by Extraction, ASTM D473; (6) 
Water in Crude Oil by Distillation, ASTM D4006; (7) Water and Sediment 
in Crude Oil by the Centrifuge Method, ASTM D4007; (8) Percent by 
Weight of Sulfur by Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence, ASTM D4294; 
(9) Water in Crude Oils by Coulometric Karl Fischer Titration, ASTM 
D4928; (10) Density and Relative Density of Crude Oils by Digital 
Density Analyzer, ASTM D 5002; (11) Vapor Pressure of Petroleum 
Products, ASTM D5191; and (12) Pour Point of Crude Oils, ASTM D 5853. 
Therefore, in accordance with part 151.12 of the Customs Regulations, 
Intertek Testing Services/Caleb Brett of Texas City, Texas is hereby 
accredited to analyze the products named above.

Location: Intertek Testing Services/Caleb Brett accredited site is 
located at: 101 20th Street South, Texas City, TX 77590.

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. 03-17550 Filed 7-10-03; 8:45 am]

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