US EPA updates annual pesticide registration maintenance fee materials for FY2025

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is notifying pesticide registrants that the agency has updated its annual pesticide registration maintenance fees webpage and fee tables. Registrants will need to access their product filing forms, pay maintenance fees, and return completed documents to EPA for processing by Jan. 15, 2025.

The maintenance fee for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for each registered pesticide product will be $4,875, the same amount as for FY 2024. The maintenance fee is unchanged from the FY 2024 level because collections in FY 2024 closely matched the annual average collection target of $42,000,000 specified in Pesticide Registration and Improvement Act of 2022 (PRIA 5) and because the number of products subject to the per product fee is not expected to significantly change. PRIA 5 directs EPA to collect, to the extent practicable, an average amount of $42,000,000 in pesticide registration maintenance fees annually for FYs 2023-2027. PRIA maintenance fees and pesticide registration fees together account for approximately one-third of funding for pesticide program activities, with the remaining funding appropriated by Congress.

All registrants with Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Section 3 pesticide product registrations, including those that were initially registered by a state under FIFRA Section 24(c), will receive an email to notify them of the FY 2025 updates. Registrants should use the new fee tables, instructions, product listing, and filing forms available on the Annual Pesticide Registration Maintenance Fees webpage to submit their full payment and maintenance fee package. Failure to pay the full fee and return completed documents by Jan. 15, 2025, will result in the cancellation of product registration without notice. Pursuant to FIFRA Section 4(i)(1)(M), EPA may cancel registrations for which timely payment of maintenance fees are not received.

For more information and to access instructions, the maintenance fee filing form, fee tables and product listings grouped by company numbers, please visit the maintenance fees webpage. Registrants are encouraged to contact EPA at maintfee@epa.gov with any questions or concerns.

Annual Pesticide Registration Maintenance Fees Webpage