[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 237 (Monday, December 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64946-64947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31155]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
[T.D. 96-81]
Approval and Accreditation of Allied Control Services, L.L.C., as
a Customs Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of the approval of Allied Control Services, L.L.C., as a
Customs approved commercial gauger, and as an accredited commercial
laboratory to perform certain petroleum analyses.
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SUMMARY: Allied Control Services, L.L.C., with facilities in Houston,
Texas and Lutcher, Louisiana, has been given Customs gauger approval
and laboratory accreditations under Part 151.13 of the Customs
Regulations (19 CFR 151.13). Specifically, the Houston, Texas and
Lutcher, Louisiana sites are approved to gauge imported petroleum,
petroleum products, organic chemicals, vegetable and animal oils, and
are accredited to perform the following tests as listed under Part
151.13(a)(2): distillation characteristics, water by distillation, API
gravity, viscosity, sediment by extraction and percent by weight of
sulfur.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Part 151 of the Customs Regulations provides for the acceptance at
Customs Districts of gauging reports and laboratory analyses for
certain products from Customs approved commercial gaugers and
accredited laboratories. Allied Control Services, L.L.C., has applied
to Customs for commercial gauger approval and for certain laboratory
accreditations. Customs has determined that Allied Control Services,
L.L.C. meets all the requirements for approval as a Customs approved
commercial gauger and accredited laboratory. Therefore, in accordance
with part 151.13(f) of the Customs Regulations, Allied Control
Services, L.L.C.'s Houston, Texas and Lutcher, Louisiana sites are
approved to gauge the products named above in all Customs Districts;
and are accredited to perform the laboratory analyses listed above.
Location
Allied Control Services, L.L.C. facilities are located at 16640A,
Jacintoport Blvd., Houston, Texas, 77015 and 2184 Jefferson Highway,
Lutcher, Louisiana, 70071.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 5, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ira S. Reese, Senior Science Officer,
Laboratories and Scientific Services, U.S. Customs Service, 1301
Constitution
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Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20229, at (202) 927-1060.
Dated: November 26, 1996.
George D. Heavey,
Director, Laboratories and Scientific Services.
[FR Doc. 96-31155 Filed 12-6-96; 8:45 am]
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