TSCA Fees Table
The following table provides a list of fees under the final TSCA fees rule. Consistent with the formula in the proposed rule, in any scenario where there is not a single consortium comprised of all manufacturers subject to a single fee, EPA will take the following steps to allocate fees:
- Count the total number of manufacturers, including the number of manufacturers within any consortia.
- Divide the total fee amount by the total number of manufacturers, and allocate equally on a per capita basis to generate a base fee.
- Provide all small businesses who are either (a) not associated with a consortium, or (b) associated with an all-small business consortium with an 80% discount from the base fee referenced previously.
- Calculate the total remaining fee and total number of remaining manufacturers by subtracting out the discounted fees and the number of small businesses identified.
- Reallocate the remaining fee across those remaining individuals and groups in equal amounts, counting each manufacturer in a consortium as one person.
Note that EPA is providing an approximately 80% reduction in TSCA administration fees to submitters who qualify as small businesses as shown below. Small business fees are only applicable to qualifying small businesses who are either not associated with a consortium or associated with an all-small business consortium.
For more information on the process for determining and paying fees, visit:
- New chemical notices and exemptions
- EPA-initiated risk evaluations and test rules
- Manufacturer-requested risk evaluations
- Test orders and enforceable consent agreements
Fee Category | Total Fee | Maximum Fee for Small Business |
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TSCA Section 4 | ||
Test order | $9,800 | $1,950 |
Test rule | $29,500 | $5,900 |
Enforceable Consent Agreement (ECA) | $22,800 | $4,600 |
TSCA Section 5 | ||
Premanufacture Notice (PMN) and consolidated PMN | $16,000 | $2,800 |
Significant New Use Notice (SNUN) | $16,000 | $2,800 |
Microbial Commercial Activity Notice (MCAN) and consolidated MCAN |
$16,000 | $2,800 |
Low Releases and Low Exposures (LoREX) exemption | $4,700 | $940 |
Low Volume Exemption (LVE) | $4,700 | $940 |
Test Marketing Exemption (TME) | $4,700 | $940 |
Tier II exemption | $4,700 | $940 |
TSCA Environmental Release Application (TERA) | $4,700 | $940 |
Film Articles | $4,700 | $940 |
TSCA Section 6 | ||
EPA-initiated risk evaluation | $1,350,000 | $270,000 |
Manufacturer-requested risk evaluation on a chemical included in the Work Plan |
50% of total actual costs with a $1,250,000 initial payment |
50% of total actual costs with a $1,250,000 initial payment |
Manufacturer-requested risk evaluation on a chemical not included in the Work Plan |
100% of total actual costs with a $2,500,000 initial payment |
100% of total actual costs with a $2,500,000 initial payment |