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If you have a project located outside of the United States and would like high-quality, fast geotechnical testing performed at our laboratory, GeoTesting Express (GTX) can safely accept shipments of soil samples without customs delays or risk of sample deterioration from port-of-entry heat treatment.
Since soil can harbor certain dangerous organisms, soil deliveries into the U.S. are strictly controlled under quarantine regulations. Because GTX maintains a permit with the United States Department of Agriculture – Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, we are allowed to receive shipments of soil samples from outside of the U.S. (including Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands). If shipped with our foreign soil entry permit, samples will not be damaged by heat treatment at the port of entry and can safely continue on their way to our laboratory. This allows us to perform the same high-quality tests on soils originating outside the U.S. as on those from within the country.
When foreign soil samples arrive at our facility, GTX secures them in a controlled location. In addition, once testing is completed, and prior to disposal, we heat-treat all of the following to destroy any harmful organisms:
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Foreign Soil Entry Permit
| the soil, the containers used to ship the soil, and any effluent generated from the testing process.
To send foreign soil samples to our lab for testing, download a copy of our Foreign Soil Entry Permit and Sample Shipping Label from our website:
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http://www.geocomp.com/geotesting_
express_resources_useful_forms.asp.
Affix both of these documents to the outside of any container used to transport the samples. Please notify us by calling or e-mailing prior to shipping.
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