Do inert ingredient submissions require registration service fees under the Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act (PRIA 2)?
Under PRIA 2, effective October 1, 2007, there are registration service fees for new product applications associated with a new inert ingredient petition/request. Specifically those conventional new product applications in which the product’s registrant also submits an inert petition for new un-approved inert or a request for an amended inert tolerance exemption or a request for approval of a non-food use inert are subject to a registration service fee. New inert petitions or non-food inert requests submitted for use in biochemical, microbial, Straight Chain Lepepidopteran Pheromone (SCLP) or antimicrobial products reviewed by the Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division or the Antimicrobial Division do not have an associated registration service fee. However, the Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act (PRIA 2) provides that in fiscal years 2008 through 2012 between 1/8 and 1/7 of the maintenance fees collected in a fiscal year will be used to review and evaluate new ine
