The Alternative Fuel Rule establishes uniform labeling requirements for non-liquid fuel dispensers and for new alternative fueled vehicles (AFVs). The labeling enables consumers to make informed choices and comparisons among competing non-liquid alternative vehicle fuels and AFVs. The Rule also requires affected entities to keep records to show compliance with the Rule. The primary purpose of the recordkeeping requirements is to preserve evidence of the fuel rating certification from importers, producers, and refiners through the chain of distribution and of each AFVÂs estimated cruising range and emission certification standard. Without records of how the fuel rating of the non-liquid alternative fuel was represented when the transfer was made and of how the vehicle's estimated cruising range and emission certification standard were determined for AFVs, it would be impossible to ensure that the required labeling disclosures are accurate and substantiated.
Statute at Large:
106 Stat. 2776
Name of Statute: Energy Policy Act of 1992
Staff attributes the upward adjusted estimate of burden hours (with a corollary rise in associated labor costs) to a rise in the estimated number of AFVs on the market [approximately 680,000 new AFVs manufactured per year 2007 and 1,121,153 new AFVs manufactured per year in 2010] and in the number of affected entities, and not a function of increased burden per entity. Similarly, its increased estimate of non-labor cost burden is attributable to an increase in the number of new AFVs on the market since staffÂs prior PRA submission three years ago.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Alternative Fuel Rule - Supporting Statement - 2010 - FINAL_mtd.pdf
CNG producers & distributors/EV mfrs - Certification