FTC Seeks Extension for Alternative Fuel Labeling Surveys
Published Date: 1/28/2025
Notice
Summary
The Federal Trade Commission wants to keep its rules about labeling alternative fuels and vehicles for three more years. This affects businesses that sell these fuels and vehicles, helping customers make smart choices with clear info. Comments on this plan are due by March 31, 2025, and the process costs about $104,700 yearly in labor and fees.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Alternative Fuels Rule Continues Three Years
The FTC is proposing to extend the information-collection clearance for the Alternative Fuels Rule for an additional three years. This means businesses covered by the Rule must continue to comply with the Rule's labeling, recordkeeping, and certification requirements while the clearance is extended.
Retailers Must Post Fuel Dispenser Labels
Retailers of non-liquid alternative fuels (e.g., CNG, LNG, hydrogen, and electric vehicle fuel dispensers) must post specific labels on fuel dispensers. The FTC estimates about 1,776 retailers will need to replace labels each year, taking about 1 hour per retailer and producing an estimated annual labor cost of $75,232 for labeling activity.
Recordkeeping Requirement for Industry
About 9,092 industry participants must keep records substantiating product-specific disclosures required by the Rule. The FTC estimates this recordkeeping takes about 0.1 hours per participant per year, totaling roughly 910 hours and about $19,039 in annual labor costs.
Fuel Rating Certification on Transfers
Producers, importers, refiners, and certain distributors must provide certifications of fuel rating in each transfer to anyone who is not a consumer. The FTC estimates this affects about 214 industry members, at about 1 hour each per year, with an estimated annual labor cost of $9,066.
Estimated Annual Industry Compliance Cost
The FTC estimates the Rule's total annual burden at 2,900 hours with estimated annual labor costs of $103,337 and non-labor costs of $1,350, for an overall annual industry cost of about $104,687. These costs reflect labeling, recordkeeping, and certification activities across covered industry participants.
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