FTC seeks comments as its fuel-rating paperwork gets extended
Published Date: 10/26/2026
Notice
Summary
The Federal Trade Commission wants to keep its Fuel Rating Rule going for three more years, which helps gas sellers and makers share clear info about fuel quality. This affects fuel refiners, importers, distributors, and retailers who spend time and money keeping records and sharing fuel ratings. If you have thoughts, you’ve got until November 25, 2026, to speak up!
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 4 costs, 0 mixed.
FTC Seeks 3-Year Extension
The Federal Trade Commission is asking OMB to extend its information-collection clearance for the Fuel Rating Rule for an additional three years. The current clearance expires on October 31, 2026; comments are due by November 25, 2026. The FTC estimates the Rule causes 28,163 annual burden hours, $455,731 in annual labor costs, and $308,536 in annual non-labor costs for affected firms (refiners, producers, importers, distributors, and retailers).
Recordkeeping Requirement Continues
Refiners, producers, importers, distributors, and retailers must retain records showing how fuel ratings were determined, including delivery tickets or letters of certification. The FTC lists recordkeeping as one category of likely respondents and attributes 11,394 annual recordkeeping hours to the Rule.
Retailers Must Disclose Fuel Ratings
Retailers of the covered fuel types are required to disclose the octane rating of automotive gasoline and the automotive fuel rating of alternative liquid automotive fuels under the Rule. The FTC attributes 16,769 annual hours to disclosure-related activities in its burden estimate.
Small-Retailer Burden Dispute Rejected
A commenter, The Native Claim Firm, argued that low-volume retailers face a paperwork burden of $0.0000077 per gallon versus the FTC's average figure of $0.0000057 per gallon; the FTC declined to change its estimate, noting the difference is two ten-thousandths of a cent per gallon.
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