R290 PRIA Fee Category

A petition application that proposes the establishment of or the exemption from the requirement of a tolerance under section 408 of the FFDCA for an active ingredient that has a currently approved U.S. food tolerance. The food or feed commodities are imported into the U.S. The applicant is not seeking a domestic registration for the additional food use. The fee for this category applies to each additional food use to which the import tolerances apply, up to 5 uses (i.e., the fee for this category is multiplied by 4 if tolerances for 4 uses are proposed). If tolerance amendments are being requested for six or more uses, the fee category R291 applies.

For purposes of counting, all tolerances for residues in imported commodities within a commodity (e.g., tomato) are counted as one use. If a crop group or subgroup is requested, the fee is based on the number of representative crops in that group or subgroup that are not currently registered. If the representative crops have been established, then requesting the crop group will count as one additional use. The applicant is not seeking a domestic registration for the additional food use. Examples of food uses include use on foods, for example, corn or apples; aquatic uses involving potable water, irrigation, or requiring tolerances for fish, or shellfish; uses on areas where food may be grown or raised such as pasture, rangeland, home garden, beehive, and uses involving livestock, such as livestock housing, livestock dips, and livestock ear tags.