Pesticide Registration Kit

Dear Prospective Registrant:

Please note that to continue collection of certain fees and create a new fee system that is associated with specific decision time frames, on January 23, 2004, President Bush signed new legislation that extends the collection of maintenance fees for an additional five years and creates an enhanced registration service fee program for registration related actions. Specifically, the legislation establishes pesticide registration service fees for registration actions in the Antimicrobials, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention, and Registration Divisions at EPA. The category of action, the amount of the pesticide registration service fee, and the corresponding decision review periods, can be found in "Pesticides; Fees and Decision Times for Registration Applications" [Federal Register: March 17, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 52), Page 12771-12780]. This document, as well as other information on the implementation of this new legislation, can be found at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/fees. Please review this information when making registration applications on or after March 23, 2004.

For your convenience, we have assembled an online registration kit which contains the following pertinent forms and information needed to register a pesticide product with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP):

NOTE: Documents are in Portable Document Format (PDF).
Free Acrobrat Reader software is available to enable you to read the files in PDF.

1. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) as Amended by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996.
2. Pesticide Registration (PR) Notices
   1. 83-3 Label Improvement Program--Storage and Disposal Statements
   2. 84-1 Clarification of Label Improvement Program
   3. 86-5 Standard Format for Data Submitted under FIFRA
   4. 87-1 Label Improvement Program for Pesticides Applied through Irrigation Systems (Chemigation)
   5. 87-6 Inert Ingredients in Pesticide Products Policy Statement
   6. 90-1 Inert Ingredients in Pesticide Products; Revised Policy Statement
   7. 98-1 Self Certification of Product Chemistry Data with Attachments  (2.34MB - PDF Document)
   8. 98-10 Notifications, Non-notifications, and Minor Formulation Amendments (93.9KB - PDF Document)
   9. 2000-5 Guidance for Mandatory and Advisory Labeling Statements

   Other PR Notices can be found at http://www.epa.gov/opppmsd1/PR_Notices.

3. Pesticide Product Registration Application Forms (PDF Format)
   
   1. EPA Form No. 8570-1, Application for Pesticide Registration/Amendment (172KB)
   2. EPA Form No. 8570-4, Confidential Statement of Formula (178KB)
   3. EPA Form No. 8570-27, Formulator's Exemption Statement (129KB)
   4. EPA Form No. 8570-34, Certification with Respect to Citations of Data (20KB)
   5. EPA Form No. 8570-35, Data Matrix (68KB)
   6. EPA Form No. 8570-36, Summary of the Physical/Chemical Properties (623KB)
   7. EPA Form No. 8570-37, Self-Certification Statement for the Physical/Chemical Properties (275KB)
   8. OPPTS Public Document Drafting Templates - Company Notice of Filings for Pesticide Petitions (WordPerfect 8.0 document)
   
   
4. General Pesticide Information (Some of these forms are in PDF format and will require the Acrobat reader.)

   A. Product Registration Staff Contacts
   B. 53 F.R. 15952, Pesticide Registration Procedures; Pesticide Data Requirements (7.57MB - PDF Document)
   C. 40 CFR Part 156, Labeling Requirements for Pesticides and Devices
   D. 40 CFR Part 158, Data Requirements for Registration 
   E. 50 F.R. 48833, Disclosure of Reviews of Pesticide Data (November 27, 1985
   F. Child-Resistant Packaging (CRP) for Pesticides (Information for Manufacturers)

   Before submitting your application for registration, you may wish to consult the additional sources of information.

1. The Registering Pesticides page on this Web site.
2. The National Pesticide Information Retrieval System (NPIRS) of Purdue University's Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems. This service does charge a fee for subscriptions and custom searches. You can contact NPIRS by telephone at (765) 494-6614 or through their Web site.
   
   
3. The National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) can provide information on active ingredients, uses, toxicology, and chemistry of pesticides. You can contact NPTN by telephone at 1-800-858-7378 or through their Web site.

The Agency will return a notice of receipt of an application for registration or amended registration, experimental use permit, or amendment to a petition if the applicant or petitioner encloses with his submission a stamped, self-addressed postcard. The postcard must contain the following entries to be completed by OPP:

• Date of receipt
• EPA identifying number
• the Product Manager assignment

Other identifying information may be included by the applicant to link the acknowledgment of receipt to the specific application submitted. EPA will stamp the date of receipt and provide the EPA identifying File Symbol or petition number for the new submission. The identifying number should be used whenever you contact the Agency concerning an application for registration, experimental use permit, or tolerance petition.

To assist us in ensuring that all data you have submitted for the chemical are properly coded and assigned to your company, please include a list of all synonyms, common and trade names, company experimental codes, and other names which identify the chemical (including "blind" codes used when a sample was submitted for testing by commercial or academic facilities). Please provide a CAS number if one has been assigned.

All questions regarding specific registration actions should be directed to the appropriate regulatory person in charge of the applicable chemical. (see the Staff Contacts). This person is responsible for managing the regulatory review during the registration process to ensure compliance with FIFRA and the FFDCA. Therefore, the regulatory contact is the only person to contact for information on your submission.

In order to promote efficient use of time and resources, persons wishing to meet with OPP staff must schedule meetings in advance. The subject of the meeting must be identified, and the contact person may reject a request for a meeting if the agenda does not warrant discussion, the purpose of the meeting is vague, or there hasn't been adequate advance notice of the meeting. If applicants/registrants wish to meet with Agency scientists, such meetings must also be coordinated through the regulatory contact.

Copies of the materials in the registration kit may be obtained by contacting the office by phone or email.

Registration Support Branch
Registration Division (7505C)
Office of Pesticide Programs
Washington, DC 20460

In addition, most states also have established rules and regulations governing the registration, sale, and use of pesticides. Please consult with the appropriate state regulatory agency to obtain further information.