Re-Accreditation and Re-Approval SGS North America, Inc., Deer Park, TX as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory, 77039-77040 [E6-21928]
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Re-Accreditation and Re-Approval SGS
North America, Inc., Deer Park, TX as
a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
Bureau of Customs and Border
Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice of re-approval of SGS
North America, Inc., of Deer Park,
AGENCY:
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Texas, as a commercial gauger and
laboratory.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that,
pursuant to 19 CFR 151.I2 and 151.I3,
SGS North America, Inc., 2759
Battleground Road, Deer Park, Texas
77536, has been re-approved to gauge
petroleum and petroleum products,
organic chemicals and vegetable oils,
and to test petroleum and petroleum
products for customs purposes, in
accordance with the provisions of 19
CFR 151.12 and 151.13.
DATES: The re-approval of SGS North
America, Inc., as a commercial gauger
and laboratory became effective on
January 4, 2005. The next triennial
inspection date will be scheduled for
January 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eugene J. Bondoc, Ph.D, or Randall
Breaux, Laboratories and Scientific
Services, Bureau of Customs and Border
Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Suite 1500N, Washington, DC
20229, 202–344–1060.
Dated: December 19, 2006.
Ira S. Reese,
Executive Director, Laboratories and
Scientific Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
[CBP Dec. 06-40]
Re-Accreditation and Re-Approval SGS North America, Inc., Deer
Park, TX as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
AGENCY: Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice of re-approval of SGS North America, Inc., of Deer Park,
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Texas, as a commercial gauger and laboratory.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 19 CFR 151.I2 and
151.I3, SGS North America, Inc., 2759 Battleground Road, Deer Park,
Texas 77536, has been re-approved to gauge petroleum and petroleum
products, organic chemicals and vegetable oils, and to test petroleum
and petroleum products for customs purposes, in accordance with the
provisions of 19 CFR 151.12 and 151.13.
DATES: The re-approval of SGS North America, Inc., as a commercial
gauger and laboratory became effective on January 4, 2005. The next
triennial inspection date will be scheduled for January 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugene J. Bondoc, Ph.D, or Randall
Breaux, Laboratories and Scientific Services, Bureau of Customs and
Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 1500N,
Washington, DC 20229, 202-344-1060.
Dated: December 19, 2006.
Ira S. Reese,
Executive Director, Laboratories and Scientific Services.
[FR Doc. E6-21928 Filed 12-21-06; 8:45 am]
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