FTC Approves Federal Register Notice on Recycled Oil Rule

FTC Approves Federal Register Notice on Recycled Oil Rule

Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Date: 23 March 2007

Commission approval of Federal Register notices: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice regarding the regulatory review of the Test Procedures and Labeling Standards for Recycled Oil, commonly known as the Recycled Oil Rule. The Rule, which is mandated by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, prescribes testing procedures and labeling standards for recycled oil. As detailed in the notice (which will be published shortly and is now available on the Commission’s Web site as a link to this press release), in July 2006, as part of the FTC’s regulatory review program, the agency sought public comments on the Rule. The Commission has now completed its regulatory review of the Recycled Oil Rule and, with two exceptions, has retained the Rule in its current form. First, the revised Rule incorporates by reference the updated recycled oil testing procedures promulgated by American Petroleum Institute (API) Publication 1509, Fifteenth Edition. Second, as required by the Director of the Federal Register, the Rule updates the incorporation by reference approval language.

The Commission vote authorizing the publication of the notice in the Federal Register was 5-0. (File No. R511036; staff contact is Janice Podoll Frankle, Bureau of Consumer Protection, 202-326-3022; see press release dated June 30, 2006.)

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