2023-20849. Approval of Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade, Inc. (Sulphur, Louisiana) as a Commercial Gauger

AGENCY:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION:

Notice of approval of Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade, Inc. (Sulphur, Louisiana), as a commercial gauger.

SUMMARY:

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade, Inc. (Sulphur, Louisiana) has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes for the next four years as of October 13, 2021.

DATES:

Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade, Inc. (Sulphur, Louisiana) was approved as a commercial gauger as of October 13, 2021. The next inspection date will be scheduled for October 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mrs. Allison Blair, Laboratories and Scientific Services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 4150 Interwood South Parkway, Houston, TX 77032, tel. [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice is hereby given pursuant to 19 CFR 151.13, that Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade, Inc., 384 North Post Oak Road, Sulphur, LA 70663 has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes, in accordance with the provisions of 19 CFR 151.13 as of October 13, 2021.^[1]

Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade, Inc. (Sulphur, Louisiana) is approved for the following gauging procedures for petroleum and certain petroleum products from the American Petroleum Institute (API):

API chapters	Title
3	Tank Gauging.
5	Metering.
7	Temperature Determination.
8	Sampling.
12	Calculations.
14	Natural Gas Fluids Measurement.
17	Marine Measurement.

Anyone wishing to employ this entity to conduct gauger services should request and receive written assurances from the entity that it is approved by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to conduct the specific gauger service requested. Alternatively, inquiries regarding the specific gauger service this entity is approved to perform may be directed to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection by calling (281) 560–2900. The inquiry may also be sent to [e-mail]. Please reference the website listed below for a complete listing of CBP approved gaugers and accredited laboratories.

http://www.cbp.gov/​about/​labs-scientific/​commercial-gaugers-and-laboratories.

Dated: November 23, 2022.

James D. Sweet,

Laboratory Director, Houston, Laboratories and Scientific Services Directorate.

Editorial Note:

This document was received for publication by the Office of the Federal Register on September 21, 2023.

Footnotes

1.  As a result of the SARS–CoV–2 (COVID–19) pandemic, Laboratories and Scientific Services implemented a one-time quadrennial timeframe for reoccurring audits originally scheduled to take place in 2020, 2021, and 2022. This postponed the scheduled deadline for audits and the payment of reaccreditation or reapproval fees by one year, after which audits will return to a triennial schedule. See19 U.S.C. 1499; Presidential Proclamation 9994, 85 FR 15337 (March 13, 2020); Executive Order 13924, 85 FR 31353 (May 19, 2020); and U.S. Customs & Border Protection, COVID–19 Laboratory and Gauger Postponement Letter (May 26, 2021), https://www.cbp.gov/​document/​guidance/​covid-19-gauger-postponement-letter.