[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 2]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 19CFR151.44]



[Page 192]

 

                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

        HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 151_EXAMINATION, SAMPLING, AND TESTING OF MERCHANDISE--Table of 

Contents

 

               Subpart C_Petroleum and Petroleum Products

 

Sec.  151.44  Storage tanks.



    (a) Plans and gauge tables. When petroleum or petroleum products 

subject to duty at a specific rate per barrel are imported in bulk in 

tank vessels and are to be transferred into shore storage tanks, both 

the plans of each shore tank showing all outlets and inlets and the 

gauge table for each tank showing its capacity in barrels per centimeter 

or tenth of a centimeter of height shall be certified as correct by the 

proprietor of the tank. One set of these plans and gauge tables so 

certified shall be kept on file at the plant of the oil company and 

shall be available at all times to Customs officers. Another certified 

set of the shore tank plans and gauge tables shall be filed with the 

port director for use in verifying the Customs officers' reports. The 

port director may require such additional sets of shore tank plans, 

including subsidiary pipeline plans, and gauge tables as he may deem 

necessary. The storage tank proprietor shall maintain the plans and 

gauge tables for 3 years after discontinuing use of the storage tanks as 

bonded warehouses for the storage of imported petroleum or petroleum 

products.

    (b) Tags required on valves. The inlet and outlet valves of each 

tank shall have tags of a permanent type affixed by the proprietor or 

lessee indicating the use of the valves.

    (c) Verification of gauge tables. Whenever he has reason to suspect 

their reliability, the port director may require the measurement and 

calibrations shown on the gauge tables to be verified by a Customs 

officer. If no qualified Customs officer is available, the port director 

may accept an independent certification verifying the measurements and 

calibrations. The independent verification shall be performed at the 

expense of the storage tank proprietor.



[T.D. 80-142, 45 FR 36384, May 30, 1980, as amended by T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 

51268, Dec. 21, 1988]