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Pesticide-Producing Establishments

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Questions and Answers on Registering Establishments and Reports

The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requires that production of pesticides and pesticidal devices be conducted in a registered Pesticide-Producing Establishment. ("Production" includes formulation, packaging, repackaging, and relabeling.) Production in an unregistered establishment is a violation of the law. EPA issues Pesticide- Producing Establishment numbers for facilities where pesticides or pesticide devices are produced.

Each facility that produces pesticides and/or devices must submit a report to EPA by March 1st each year. The report lists

  • names, registration numbers, and amounts of pesticides or devices produced or repackaged and
  • amounts sold or distributed during the previous calendar year.

Failure to submit this report, even if the establishment had no production, can result in cancellation of the establishment number as well as a civil fine.

Under FIFRA, production amounts are Confidential Business Information (CBI) and cannot be released by the Agency.

Obtaining Forms and Information

The forms and instructions for obtaining an Establishment Number (EPA Form 3540-8; Application for Registration of Pesticide-Producing and Device-Producing Establishments) or preparing the annual report (EPA Form 3540-16; Pesticide Report for Pesticide-Producing and Device-Producing Establishments) are available from this site, or any EPA regional office or the Office of Compliance Assurance, Agricultural Division (which has jurisdiction over foreign establishments).

Contact EPA or review the questions and answers on this site for more information about establishment numbers and the annual report.

The documents below contain the forms and instructions needed to:

  • Register a Pesticide-Producing Establishment
  • Submit an Annual Report

Documents marked as (PDF) are formatted in Adobe Acrobat's Portable Document Format. Free Acrobat Reader software is available to enable you to read these files.

Application for Registering a Pesticide-Producing Establishment:

Use the Application for Registration of Pesticide-Producing and Device-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8) to register a pesticide-producing establishment.

Annual Reports:

Use the Pesticide Report for Pesticide-Producing and Device-Producing Establishment (EPA Form 3540-16) to report annual production.

For More Information:

See the questions and answers for more information on Establishments. For assistance, contact the EPA Regional Office where your headquarters is located.

 

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