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Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act (PRIA 2)
Fee Determination Decision Tree

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Current as of September 22, 2008

This Web site and decision tree will help applicants requesting a pesticide registration or certain tolerance action to accurately identify the category of their application and the amount of the required fee before they submit the application. 

The Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) established enhanced registration service fees for certain applications. When PRIA was reauthorized effective on October 1, 2007 as the Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act (PRIA 2), registration service fees became due at application. Applications received with no payment will be not processed and must be rejected.

Under PRIA 2, the category or type of application, the amount of the pesticide registration service fee, and the corresponding decision review timeframe in which the Agency is to make a decision are prescribed in the Act. There are 140 fee categories or types of applications, each with a fee and decision review timeframe.

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Application Fees

Determine the fee

Since the fee is due at application, applicants need to be able to identify the category and fee for their application. The “Fee Determination Decision Tree” allows you to determine the fee category that best fits your application by working through a series of questions and choices. Definitions that are specific to the implementation of PRIA 2 and interpretations of the fee category are provided. These interpretations or descriptions of the types of application covered by the fee category are preliminary and provided as an aid. They describe the Agency's current thinking at this time and will be revised based on the Agency’s experience in processing PRIA 2 applications.

Pay for the application

Once you have identified the fee category and fee amount that corresponds to your application, you may make the payment by check, money order or bank draft, drawn to the order of the Environmental Protection Agency or USEPA, or by credit card or wire transfer by using pay.gov. Payments must be rounded up to the nearest whole dollar. If using pay.gov, the fee category (R010, A530, etc) and payment amount will need to be entered on the pay.gov form.  Documentation of your payment should be attached to the front of the application and can be a copy of the check or pay.gov acknowledgement.  The Agency will then be able to easily match your payment to the application.

After the Agency receives your application, it will verify that you have selected the correct category and fee. If the Agency disagrees with your selection, you will receive either a bill/invoice for the balance due or a refund, as appropriate.

Registration Ombudsmen

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The registration ombudsmen are available to answer your questions and provide additional help.

Application Considerations

Before paying the fee and submitting your application, please review the following information.

Human studies

If you plan on conducting research involving intentional exposure of human subjects, you must submit the protocol (and supporting information defined at 40 CFR 26.1125) for review by both EPA and the Human Studies Review Board (HSRB) before you enroll any subjects in the research. Failure to comply with this requirement for prior review will make the resulting data unacceptable in support of any action under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), and may result in other penalties, as defined at 40 CFR 26.1501-1507. If you are at all uncertain whether proposed research meets the regulatory definition of "research involving intentional exposure" (40 CFR 26.1102(i)), the Agency recommends that you request a determination from EPA before enrolling subjects in the research.

If you submit or cite data in support of an application to EPA that are derived from research involving human subjects, and if those data have not previously been submitted to EPA, you must, at the time of submission of the data, document the ethical conduct of the research as defined at 40 CFR 26.1303. In addition, EPA may be required to present the data to the HSRB for further review before using it to support any action under FIFRA or FFDCA. The human studies Web site provides additional information.  Use of data derived from research involving human subjects not previously submitted to the EPA could result in delays in EPA completing its work on the application and extensions in the decision time review period.

Biochemical classification

Before submitting an application for a new biochemical pesticide, applicants are advised to confirm that the active ingredient has been classified (PDF) (43 pp, 378 K, About PDF) by the Agency as a biochemical by contacting the chair of the Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division's Classification Committee, Russell Jones.

Applications that do not require a PRIA fee

A fee is required for only certain types of applications. Information on the types that do not require a fee may be found on EPA's Web site. An example of an application that does not require a fee is a request to amend or make a change to an EPA-approved label that does not require the Agency to review data (commonly called a Fast Track or Me-Too Amendment).

Waivers from paying a fee

The registration service fee may be waived for applications:

Guidance on minor use and IR-4 applications are being developed and will be posted when available.

Fee reductions

Under Section 33(b)(8)(C) of FIFRA, the Agency has discretionary authority to issue refunds of registration service fees on the basis that, in reviewing the application, the Agency has considered data submitted in support of another pesticide registration application or that the Agency completed portions of its review of the application before March 23, 2004. This refund is applied as a reduction in the fee and a fee reduction has to be requested. Requests should be submitted with the registration application, however, prior to developing the request, the Agency advises applicants to discuss the request with the appropriate registration ombudsman. Applicants requesting a fee reduction are required to pay 25% of the applicable fee due at application. This portion of the fee is non-refundable. After it receives your application, 25% payment and request, the Agency will determine the amount of the fee and send you a bill or invoice for the balance due.

The request may be submitted either in the cover letter for the application or on the application form. The Agency suggests that as part of the request, you submit a rationale for the request. If the rationale references previous applications, it could contain a comparison of the data submitted previously and that submitted in the application with the data requirements. The Agency will review the applicant’s data and information and its records and then determine the fee.

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