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Pesticide registration
  • When EPA has determined that no unreasonable adverse effects to human health or the environment will result from the sale or distribution of a pesticide product, the agency grants the applicant a license or “registration” to legally sell and distribute the product in the United States.
  • Determine if a fee is required and, if so, identify the amount and pay the fee when submitting the application.

Before any pesticide product that EPA has not exempted from registration requirements can be lawfully sold or distributed, EPA performs a rigorous, comprehensive scientific assessment of the product, resulting in a registration decision. Any person seeking to obtain a registration for a new pesticide product must submit an application for registration, containing the information specified in 40 CFR 152.50. An application for new registration must be approved by the EPA before the product may legally be distributed or sold, except as provided by 40 CFR 152.30.

Under the registration review process, the agency evaluates the following to ensure that, when the product is used according to labeled directions, no unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment will occur:

  • The product’s active ingredient(s),
  • Other constituent substances (including inert ingredients), and
  • The proposed use pattern(s).

When EPA has determined that no unreasonable adverse effects to human health or the environment will result from the sale or distribution of a pesticide product, the agency grants the applicant a license or “registration” to legally sell and distribute the product in the United States. Once an EPA registration has been granted, applicants will then need to comply with the individual registration requirements imposed by the states in which they wish to market their product. The establishment in which a pesticide product is produced must also be registered.

Summary of requirements

  • Understand the exclusions and exemptions at 40 CFR 152.
  • Obtain an EPA Company Number before registering the first product with EPA. (Refer to the existing EPA Company Number for subsequent registrations.)
  • Obtain an EPA Establishment Number (using EPA Form 3540-8) if a pesticide producer who plans to register its own products.
  • To begin the process of registering a new pesticide, new formula, or new use for an existing pesticide see 40 CFR 152.40 to 152.55 and:
    • Complete and submit an original Application for Pesticide Registration/Amendment form (EPA Form 8570-1).
    • Complete and submit two copies of a Confidential Statement of Formula (EPA Form 8570-4) with each application for registration.
    • Determine if a fee is required and, if so, identify the amount and pay the fee when submitting the application (only applications received with a certification of payment will enter the review process):
      • Documentation or certification of fee payment should be the first page of or on the front of an application. (Certification of payment may be: a copy of the check or pay.gov acknowledgment; or a request for an exemption from registration service fees.)
      • Small business and minor use fee reductions or waiver requests should accompany the certification of payment as a document that can be separated from the rest of the application.
      • Applicants are required to pay the agency 25 percent of the applicable fee even if an application is withdrawn or rejected for failure to pay a fee.
    • Comply with the individual registration requirements imposed by the states in which a product is to be marketed.
  • Submit the annual maintenance fee described in FIFRA Section 4(i)(5), if required. (Affected applicants will be contacted by mail in November with instructions for submitting the fee, which is due by January 15.)