Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) is seeking public comment on its proposal to extend for an additio...
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) is seeking public comment on its proposal to extend for an additional three years the Office of Management and Budget clearance for its Fuel Rating Rule (the Rule). The current clearance expires on October 31, 2026.
DATES:
Comments must be filed by November 25, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
Interested parties may file a comment online or on paper, by following the instructions in the Request for Comment part of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section below. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function. The
reginfo.gov
web link is a United States Government website produced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the General Services Administration (GSA). Under PRA requirements, OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) reviews Federal information collections.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Hong Park, Attorney, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-2158;
hpark@ftc.gov.
Type of Review:
Extension of a currently approved collection.
Likely Respondents:
(a)
Recordkeeping:
Refiners, Producers, Importers, Distributors, and Retailers of the Covered Fuel Types.
(b)
Disclosure:
Retailers of the Covered Fuel Types.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
28,163 (derived from 11,394 recordkeeping hours added to 16,769 disclosure hours).
Estimated Annual Labor Costs:
$455,731.
Estimated Annual Capital or Other Non-labor Costs:
$308,536.
Abstract:
The Fuel Rating Rule establishes standard procedures for determining, certifying, and disclosing the octane rating of automotive gasoline and the automotive fuel rating of alternative liquid automotive fuels, as required by the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act. 15 U.S.C. 2822(a)-(c). The Rule also requires refiners, producers, importers, distributors, and retailers to retain records showing how the ratings were determined, including delivery tickets or letters of certification.
Request for Comment
On July 23, 2026, the FTC sought public comment on the information collection requirements associated with the Rule. 91 FR 46439. Three commenters submitted germane responses. Two of the commenters supported the proposed extension of the OMB clearance for information collection requirements.[1]
A third commenter, The Native Claim Firm (“NCF”), expressed no position on the proposed extension but contested the Commission's burden estimate.[2]
Specifically, NCF observed that the Commission's burden estimate provides an average figure across retailers of all sizes and argued that this approach could obscure the relative burden on low-volume retailers. NCF requested the Commission to consider the burden on low-volume retailers and supplement its burden estimate with a breakdown by retailer size or dispenser count. To support its request, NCF estimated that low-volume retailers face a PRA burden of $0.0000077 per gallon, which is higher than the $0.0000057 per gallon that NCF calculated for the Commission's average figure approach. While the Commission appreciates commenters raising awareness that small entities may face unique compliance burdens, the Commission finds that this difference of two ten-thousandths of a cent per gallon does not warrant modifying the burden estimate in this instance.
Pursuant to the OMB regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, that implement the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501et seq.,
the FTC is providing this second opportunity for public comment while seeking OMB approval to renew the pre-existing clearance for the Rule. Your comment—including your name and your state—will be placed on the public record of this proceeding. Because your comment will be made public, you are solely responsible for making sure that your comment does not include any sensitive personal information, such as anyone's Social Security number; date of birth;
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driver's license number or other state identification number, or foreign country equivalent; passport number; financial account number; or credit or debit card number. You are also solely responsible for making sure that your comment does not include any sensitive health information, such as medical records or other individually identifiable health information. In addition, your comment should not include any “trade secret or any commercial or financial information which . . . is privileged or confidential”—as provided by Section 6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2)—including in particular competitively sensitive information such as costs, sales statistics, inventories, formulas, patterns, devices, manufacturing processes, or customer names.
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain
16 CFR part 306
15 U.S.C. 2822(a)-(c)
www.regulations.gov/comment/FTC-2026-0991-0003