[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 178 (Friday, September 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 63576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19982]


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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 September 30, 2023.

DATES: Comments must be filed by October 16, 2023.

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: Hampton Newsome, Attorney, Division of 
Enforcement, Federal Trade Commission, Room CC-9528, 600 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-2889.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Fuel Rating Rule (the 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: 31,976 (derived from 13,043 
recordkeeping hours added to 18,933 disclosure hours).
    Estimated Annual Labor Costs: $481,374.\1\
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    \1\ The hourly wage rates are updated from the 60-Day Federal 
Register notice and are based on mean hourly wages found at http://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag211.htm#earnings for petroleum pump system 
operators, refinery operators, and gaugers and http://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag447.htm for service station attendants. See Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, 2022 Occupational Employment Statistics for more 
details.
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    Estimated Annual Capital or Other Non-labor Costs: $104,888.\2\
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    \2\ This estimate is updated from the 60-Day Federal Register 
notice.
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    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 May 2, 2023, the FTC sought public comment on the information 
collection requirements associated with the Rule. 88 FR 27514. No 
germane comments were received. 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; 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.

Josephine Liu,
Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2023-19982 Filed 9-14-23; 8:45 am]
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