Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension

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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.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 205 (Monday, October 26, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67319-67320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-21798]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Extension

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information collection by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function. The <a href="http://reginfo.gov">reginfo.gov</a> 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; 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c7afb7a6b5ac87a1b3a4e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="274f5746554c6741534409404851">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Fuel Rating Rule, 16 CFR part 306.
    OMB Control Number: 3084-0068.
    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.
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    \1\ J. Lee, Cmt. on Notice (Aug. 22, 2026), <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/comment/FTC-2026-0991-0003">https://www.regulations.gov/comment/FTC-2026-0991-0003</a>; Comment from Tyshae 
Lewis, Cmt. on Notice (Sep. 8, 2026), <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/comment/FTC-2026-0991-0004">https://www.regulations.gov/comment/FTC-2026-0991-0004</a>.
    \2\ The Native Claim Firm, Cmt. on Notice (Sep. 13, 2026), 
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov/comment/FTC-2026-0991-0005">https://www.regulations.gov/comment/FTC-2026-0991-0005</a>.
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    Pursuant to the OMB regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, that implement 
the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 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, 
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manufacturing processes, or customer names.

Josephine Liu,
Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2026-21798 Filed 10-23-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-P


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