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Pesticide Registration and Tolerance Fees: An Overview
Contents
Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 1
Background...................................................................................................................................... 3
Key Provisions of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2012 (PRIA
3) as Enacted................................................................................................................................. 6
Reauthorization of Pesticide Registrant Maintenance Fees.................................................. 8
New Fee Reductions for Certain Small Businesses ........................................................ 9
Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund and Apportionment................................ 9
R egistration S ervice F ees ................................................................................................... . . 11
Schedule of Fees and Decision Timelines...................................................................... 11
Registration Service Fee Waivers and Reductions......................................................... 13
P esticide R egistration F und .......................................................................................... . 14
Conditional Fee Authority: Annual Appropriations ...................................................... 14
New Initial Content and Preliminary Technical Screenings Provisions......................... 14
Prohibitions on "Tolerance Fees" and Other Pesticide Fees................................................ 15
Elimination of 1988 Reregistration Fees............................................................................. 15
Reporting Requirements Under PRIA................................................................................. 15
New Reporting Requirement: Impacts on Small Business........................................... 16
A Historical Overview of Pesticide Fee Authorities................................................................. 16
FIFRA and FFDCA Pesticide Fee Collection Authority....................................................... 16
O ther P esticide F ee A uthority............................................................................................. 17
Proposed Pesticide Fee Authority Modifications ................................................................. 18
Pesticide Program Fee Revenues and Appropriations ............................................................... 20
R evenues from Pesticide Fees............................................................................................ 20
R egistration Service Fees (PR IA ) ................................................................................. 22
Maintenance Fees.............................................................................................................. 23
Tolerance Fees................................................................................................................... 24
1988 One-Time Reregistration and Registration Fees ................................................. 24
EPA Pesticide Program Appropriated Funds ........................................................................... 25
Pesticide Registration and Reregistration Activities Since the Enactment of PRIA.................. 27
R egistration A activities ....................................................................................................... . 2 8
Reregistration Tolerance Reassessment Activities ............................................................. 29
Registration Review ................................................................................................................ 30
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................... 31
Figures
Figure 1. EPA Pesticide Program Fee Revenues (Net Receipts in Nominal Dollars),
F Y 1 9 8 5 -F Y 2 0 1 1 ......................................................................................................................... 2 1
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