James DeGasperis, Director
313 Shamrock Ln
Kingston, NY 12401 |
Mailing Address
PO Box 1800
Kingston, NY 12402-1800 |
Phone: 845-340-3659
Fax: 845-340-3115
The Ulster County Bureau of Weights and Measures is
responsible for assuring measurement accuracy in commerce throughout
its region in accordance with Article 16 of the NYS Agriculture and
Markets Law. The Weights and Measures Department conducts the following
activities to promote equity in all commercial transactions involving
quality, weight, measure or count:
- Inspects and/or tests all commercially
used weighing and measuring devices and systems as prescribed by NYS
Weights and Measures laws.
- Performs test buys and investigations
to ensure proper business practices involving transactions based on
weight, measure or count (e.g. labeling or proper application of tare).
- Keeps and maintains the applicable standards
of Weights and Measures and submits those standards, at least once
every five years, to the New York State Metrology Laboratory.
- Performs petroleum sampling and investigations
at the retail level and enforces against violations.
- Inspects and/or tests packaged commodities
as prescribed by NYS Weights and Measures laws.
- Causes any violations found to be corrected.
- Submits, by February 1st of each year,
an annual report listing all inspections performed as instructed by
the New York State Bureau of Weights and Measures.
- Inspects and enforces Local Law #7 (Item
Pricing) to ensure consumer goods offered for sale, are accurately
and adequately marked as to their selling prices.
