House Agriculture Committee Clears Bill That Would Boost FIFRA Import-Related Service Fees
The House Agriculture Committee on Feb. 16 advanced a bill that among other things will increase registration fees for EPA import approval-related services under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the committee announced (here). For instance, the legislation would raise base registration service fees to establish import tolerances for a new active ingredient or first food use for fiscal years 2017 and 2018 from the current $289,407 to $319,072. “All requests for new uses (food and/or nonfood) contained in any application for a new active ingredient or a first food use are covered by the base fee for that new active ingredient or first food use application and retain the same decision time review period as the new active ingredient or first food use application,” the bill text states. “The application must be received by the agency in one package.” The base fee covers a maximum of five new products.
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The legislation would also raise fees for applications to establish import tolerances for additional food uses, import tolerances for inadvertent pesticide residues in crops, and for amendments to established tolerances. The bill would maintain the same review times mandated for EPA. The office of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., didn’t comment on when the legislation might come up for a floor vote.