Caleb Brett is a division of Intertek Testing Services. We are a world leader  providing independent assessment of crude oil, petroleum products and chemicals,  and agricultural products.
We have a global  presence, operating in 70 countries, with 309 offices and 155 laboratories, which are equipped with state-of-the-art technology.
We provide a variety of services including the following:
 - Certifying the quality and quantity of cargoes of crude oil,  petroleum products and chemicals.
 - Analysis and testing of crude oil, petroleum products and  chemicals, for the oil and chemical  industry, on a test by test basis or on an outsource basis.
 - Certification of shipments of agricultural products, including  vegetable oils, dry cargoes,  and cotton.
Our customers include oil and chemical companies, and traders  in hydrocarbons, chemicals and agricultural products.
Caleb Brett was established in 1885. Based on our long-standing independence and integrity, clients and third parties rely  on Caleb Brett certificates and look to us for innovative and technically sound solutions to problems.

LABORATORY SERVICES

Caleb Brett offers the largest network of laboratories to provide our clients with independent, accurate and reliable test results around the globe.
Our laboratories provide analysis for a complete range of commodities from crude oil, petroleum products, lubricants and chemicals to edible oils and even environmental samples.
Caleb Brett gives all of their clients, large or small, established or new, the same commitment to unparalleled service. Whether a client needs analysis requiring only a few test methods or a full crude oil assay — Caleb Brett accurately, reliably and confidentially provides results. We have earned an international reputation and have been a leader in the industry since 1885.
Caleb Brett will continue to meet the challenges of tomorrow by working in partnerships with our clients and through continuous improvement in people and technology. Our staff of professionals includes scientists, degreed chemists and dedicated highly trained personnel whose make every effort to know our clients requirements and needs. Our personnel perform testing based on international standards such as ASTM, IP, BS, DIN, ISO, and NEN or according to our clients own methodology and specifications. Our services are also used in resolving technical difficulties and potential disputes.
In addition to conventional analysis, we also offer innovative programs such as seasonal testing of products such as gasoline, feedstock monitoring, and analytical support for refinery process engineers as well as engineering consulting firms. We also perform Fuel Oil Bunker Analysis and Advisory Service Lloyds of London 5 labs across the world.

Home Office Tel. (713) 871-0919  Fax. (713) 871-0408  San Antonio Office Tel. (210) 231-0919  Fax. (210) 231-0004  While each of us at SCM&P have our respective specialities and roles in the legal profession, our paramount concern is the well being of our clients. We encourage regular communication with all our clients and welcome inquiries about our services. SCM&P is grateful to all those whom we have had the privilege of serving and look forward to representing additional individuals and businesses that give us the opportunity to represent them.  REPRESENTATIVE CLIENT LIST American Bureau of Shipping Arch Telecom, Inc.  Asian American National Bank  Bank of America  Baytown Equipment Co., Inc. Billing Concepts, Inc. Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation Clear Lake National Bank Corporate Financial Resources, Inc. Crown Group Crown Properties, Inc.  Empire Fire & Marine Insurance Company First Bank Fleet Credit Corporation Fogarty Klein & Partners Gayla Industries, Inc. General Electric Capital Corporation Grubb & Ellis Company GSE Lining Technology, Inc. Independence Bank, N.A. Industrial Holdings, Inc. Intertek Testing Services - Caleb Brett Interfin Corporation International Bank of Commerce Jefferson State Bank Johnson Supply & Equipment Corporation Klein Bank Landry's Seafood Restaurants, Inc. Legg, Mason, Wood & Walker, Inc. Lexington Insurance Company McBride-Ratcliff & Associates MCI WorldCom, Inc.  Munters Corporation Mustang Tractor & Equipment Company Northwest Bank Norwest Bank Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited Overseas Union Bank Limited Packwell, Inc. Parkway Investments/Texas, Inc. Plant & Machinery, Inc. Plaza Bank Premier America Federal Credit Union Prime Bank  Raytheon Engineers & Constructors, Inc. Ridgway's, Inc. Safeco Insurance Company Samuel Speciality Metals, Inc. Samuel, Son & Co., Ltd. Simpro, Inc. Southwest Bank of Texas, N.A. Sterling Bank Taylor Communications Group, Inc. Texas Guaranty Bank TPG Software, Inc. Union Planters Bank, N.A. Universal Metals and Machinery, Inc. Valero Energy Corporation Warehouse Associates Wells Fargo Bank Wilson-Mohr, Inc. Winn Lange Hughes Electric, Inc. Zurich Insurance Company

Docket No. 95-0880-IHW-E. Consideration of an Agreed Order assessing administrative penalties and requiring certain actions of Caleb Brett, USA, Inc.d/b/a Intertek Testing Services in Harris County; SWR No. 75026; for industrial & hazardous waste violations pursuant to the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 361, the Texas Water Code Chapter 26 and the rules of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. (Thomas Greimel).

Au cours des deux dernières années, la firme Caleb Brett -qui possède aussi plusieurs sites de stockage des déchets industriels dangereux- a fait l'objet de deux amendes pour non-respect de la législation en vigueur aux USA sur les Déchets Industriels Spéciaux DIS...

INDUSTRIAL AND HAZARDOUS WASTE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS ISSUED by US-EPA:
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Program Entity Name                              County             Reg       ID No.   Order                   Assessed
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IHW      CALEB BRETT USA INC.      HARRIS           12          75026    05/01/1998           $10,000.00
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IHW      CALEB BRETT USA INC.     JEFFERSON     10          76062   01/27/1999           $6,250.00
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Trois responsables d'un  laboratoire de Linden, NJ reconnaissent leur culpabilité dans une escroquerie par  falsification de  données environnementales.

Three Linden Laboratory Supervisors Admit Roles in Scheme to Falsify Environmental Data

Ronald Domnik, 48, of Doylestown, Pa., who worked at Caleb Brett, U.S.A. Inc.'s Linden laboratory from 1985 through January 1997, pleaded guilty to a one-count Information, charging him with conspiracy to make false statements to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Jules Balogh, 54, of Somerville, who has worked in Caleb Brett's Linden laboratory since 1987, also pleaded guilty to a one-count Information charging him with participating in the same conspiracy.

Nicholas Lehman, 31, of Westfield, who has worked in the laboratory since 1994, pleaded guilty to a one-count information, charging him with misprision of a felony for failing to disclose to authorities his knowledge of the conspiracy.

The Informations charge that from December 1994 through early 1997, when samples of reformulated gasoline (RFG) analyzed by Caleb Brett did not meet EPA's requirements, data was changed in order to make it appear that the RFG met the specifications.
Domnik, with Balogh's assistance, frequently falsified RFG test results at the request of a refiner who was a Caleb Brett customer, according to the Informations. As a result, the refiner was able to sell RFG that failed to meet the required standards. Both Domnik and Balogh told U.S. District Judge Harold A. Ackerman that they were motivated by a desire to retain the refiner's business. Lehman, the charges state, took steps to conceal the illicit activities at the request of one of his supervisors.
The investigation began in February 1997 when Caleb Brett advised EPA of improper activities in its Linden facility under EPA's Voluntary Disclosure Program.
Caleb Brett is not presently considered a target of this ongoing investigation.
While businesses have been using EPA's self-disclosure policy to detect and correct violations for more than three years, this marks the first guilty pleas stemming from a company's identification of employees who falsified environmental data and then tried to cover up their illegal actions, according to EPA.
Added U.S. Attorney Hochberg: "Any company whose business affects the environment has an obligation to be vigilant of its operations and employees' conduct. It's a matter of doing the right thing, and we will prosecute those who don't act responsibly and flout environmental laws."

"The defendants have admitted to a scheme designed to circumvent the law solely to please a business customer," said Assistant Attorney General Schiffer. "The result was reformulated gasoline that did not meet legal standards but which was put into the stream of commerce anyway."
RFG is a cleaner burning gasoline that is required by federal law to be used in nine major metropolitan areas of the United States with the worst ozone air pollution problems and has been required by local initiative in other areas. The parts of the country in which RFG is the only type of gasoline permitted to be sold include the eastern seaboard from Virginia to Maine.

While the EPA has recently recommended that MTBE be reduced in gasoline because it may impact water supplies, other additives are available in its place.
According to the EPA, the RFG program has significantly reduced levels of ozone, toxic air emissions and carbon monoxide. Gasoline vapors and vehicle exhaust produce ozone, a major component of smog. While ozone in the upper atmosphere filters out the sun's ultraviolet radiation, ozone at ground level can damage human respiratory functioning.
Emissions from motor vehicles have been estimated to account for roughly half of the total exposure of the urban United States population to toxic air emissions, such as benzene, a known carcinogen. A number of adverse non-cancer health effects, including eye, nose and throat irritation, have also been associated to elevated levels of these air toxins. Certain oxygen additives, such as MTBE and ethanol, reduce vehicle emissions of carbon monoxide, which inhibits the blood's capacity to carry oxygen to organs and tissues.
Judge Ackerman set sentencing for Domnik for June 13, 2000, and Balogh's sentencing for June 20, 2000. They face a maximum of five years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine, an order of restitution and costs of prosecution. Lehman's sentencing was scheduled for June 6, 2000. He faces a maximum of three years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine, an order of restitution and costs of prosecution.
Under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Judge Ackerman will determine the actual sentence based upon a formula that takes into account the severity and characteristics of the offense and the defendant's criminal history, if any, Hochberg said.
Parole has been abolished in the federal system. Under Sentencing Guidelines, defendants who are given custodial terms must serve nearly all that time.
Hochberg credited special agents of EPA's Criminal Investigation Division, under the direction of William V. Lometti, special agent in charge of EPA CID, Region II in New York, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service in Newark, under he direction of J.J. Skidmore, postal inspector in charge, with developing the cases against Domnik, Balogh and Lehman.
The Government is represented by Senior Trial Attorney Andrew D. Goldsmith of the Environmental Crimes Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul A. Weissman, a deputy chief in the U.S. Attorney's Frauds and Public Protection Division.

Defense Attorneys:
Domnik: Jill Shellow-Lavine, Esq. New York, New York
Balogh: John McCusker, Esq. Chatham, New Jersey
Lehman: Scott Thompson, Esq. Roseland, New Jersey

U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey
Faith S. Hochberg, United States Attorney
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AmeriScan: September 7, 1999

NEW JERSEY FUEL TESTERS FALSIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL DATA

 Three current and former supervisors at a Linden, New Jersey fuel testing laboratory have admitted to falsifying environmental data provided to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The employees of Caleb Brett, USA Inc.’s laboratory pleaded guilty today to falsifying chemical analyses of samples of reformulated gasoline (RFG) between 1994 and 1997 to make them appear to meet EPA requirements. RFG is a cleaner burning gasoline required by federal law to reduce ozone in areas with the worst air quality. It is the only fuel that can be legally sold along the eastern seaboard from Virginia to Maine. Former supervisor Ronald Domnik pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to make false statements. Current supervisor Jules Balogh pleaded guilty to the same charge, and Nicholas Lehman pleaded guilty failing to disclose his knowledge of the conspiracy. The supervisors passed millions of gallons of gasoline that did not meet EPA standards. Domnik and Balogh said they falsified the data to keep the business of a refiner, by allowing the refiner to sell otherwise unsalable RFG. "EPA’s policies to protect public health and the environment must be based on sound science," said Robert Perciasepe, EPA assistant administrator for air and radiation. "Today’s action is an example of EPA’s constant vigilance to ensure that the scientific analyses supplied by private laboratories meet all rules and laws that guarantee the highest standards." Domnik, Balogh and Lehman will be sentenced next June, and may face jail time and fines up to $250,000.
 

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