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PA MAINTENANCE FEES FOR PESTICIDE REGISTRATIONS INCREASE
Release Date: 09/05/97
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1997
MAINTENANCE FEES FOR PESTICIDE REGISTRATIONS INCREASED
EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs has announced that the annual maintenance fee paid by pesticide registrants will be increased as authorized by the l996 Food Quality Protection Act. Initially authorized by 1988 amendments to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, the maintenance fees will be increased to $950 for the first product registration and $1,900 for each subsequent product registration with the following caps. No registrant will pay more than $55,000 for the first 50 products, and no registrant will pay more than $95,000 total. Small businesses will pay no more than $38,500 for the first 50 products and no more than $66,500 total. The maintenance fee levels were previously $700 for the first product and $1400 for each subsequent product. The fee was increased to permit the Office of Pesticide Programs to collect an additional $2 million per year in l998, 1999 and 2000 as authorized by the Food Quality Protection Act, which was passed in August l996. This act authorizes the EPA Administrator to adjust the fee to a level that will result in the collection of the additional $2 million. The l998 maintenance fee is due on Jan. 15, l998. In late November, EPA will send maintenance fee notices and instructions for submitting payment to all firms holding active pesticide registrations.
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