[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 34 (Friday, February 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8737-8738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4261]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Customs Service
[T.D. 98-14]
Customs Accreditation of Columbia Inspection Incorporated as an
Accredited Laboratory
AGENCY: Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of Accreditation of Columbia Inspection, Inc. as a
Commercial Accredited Laboratory.
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SUMMARY: Columbia Inspection, Inc., of Portland, Oregon, has applied to
U.S. Customs for an extension of accreditation to perform petroleum
analysis methods under Sec. 151.13 of the Customs Regulations (19 CFR
151.13) to their Portland, Oregon, Fife, Washington, and Martinez,
California facilities. Customs has determined that the Portland, Oregon
and the Martinez, California offices meet all of the requirements for
accreditation as a Commercial Laboratory to perform (1) API Gravity,
(2) Sediment, (3) Distillation, (4) Reid Vapor Pressure, (5) Saybolt
Universal Viscosity, (6) Sediment by Extraction, (7) Percent by Weight
of Sulfur and (8) Percent by Weight of Lead. Further, Customs has
determined that the Fife, Washington office meets all requirements for
accreditation as a Commercial
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Laboratory to perform (1) API Gravity, (2) Sediment, (3) Distillation,
(4) Saybolt Universal Viscosity, (5) Sediment by Extraction and (6)
Percent by Weight of Sulfur. Therefore, in accordance with
Sec. 151.13(f) of the Customs Regulations, Columbia Inspection, Inc.,
is granted accreditation to perform the analysis methods listed above.
LOCATION: Columbia Inspection, Inc. accredited sites are located at:
7133 North Lombard Street, Portland, Oregon 97203; 613 Escobar Street,
Martinez, California 94553; 4901 East 20th Street, Fife, Washington
98424.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 4, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Parker, Science Officer,
Laboratories and Scientific Services, U.S. Customs Service, 1300
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 5.5-B, Washington, D.C. 20229 at (202)
927-1060.
Dated: February 5, 1998.
Marcelino Borges,
Acting Director, Laboratories and Scientific Services.
[FR Doc. 98-4261 Filed 2-19-98; 8:45 am]
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