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Registration Service Fees
Questions on Fund Management
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Questions and Answers on:Current as of October 2007
- Will my fee payment pay for all of the EPA work on my
application?
- Will the registration service fees be commingled
with the annual maintenance fees?
- What happens to funds that are not currently being used
to support covered Agency work?
- What happens to fee revenues that are not used at the
end of the year?
- Will my fee payments simply replace current EPA funding and thus not help the Agency to meet the new statutory processing timeframes?
1. Will my fee payment pay for all of the EPA work on my application?
Fees will cover only a portion of the Agency work on covered pesticide registration activities. The remaining costs are expected to be paid from annual appropriations.
2. Will the registration service fees be commingled with the annual maintenance fees?
The U.S. Treasury has established the Pesticide Registration Fund, which is a separate and distinct fund just for registration service fees.
3. What happens to funds that are not currently being used to support covered Agency work?
Funds not currently needed will be invested (in obligations of the United States or guaranteed by the United States; or in other lawful investments for fiduciary, trust, or public funds).
4. What happens to fee revenues that are not used at the end of the year?
Fee collections are "no year" funds. Any unspent dollars will remain in the Fund for use by EPA to support covered activities in future years.
5. Will my fee payments simply replace current EPA funding and thus not help the Agency to meet the new statutory processing timeframes?
The new law, Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act continues to require, that EPA continue to support covered registration actions with appropriated funds at least at the FY 2002 level (any reduction below the FY 2002 amount cannot exceed 3 percent in a given fiscal year).