TSCA Fees Table
The following table provides a list of fees under the final TSCA fees rule. On January 1, 2022, as required by statute , EPA adjusted these fees as described in 40 CFR § 700.45(d). Consistent with the formula in the final rule (Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0401), fees have been increased by the inflation rate, calculated to be 18.9%.
The inflation rate was calculated by dividing the Producer Price Index (PPI) for September 2021 (348.8) by the PPI for January 2019 (293.4). The PPI values were pulled from the website for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WPU06
Consistent with the formula in the final fees rule, in any scenario in which all manufacturers of the chemical substance are undergoing the EPA-initiated risk evaluation do not form a single consortium, EPA would take the following steps to allocate fees:
- Step 1: Count the total number of manufacturers, including the number of manufacturers within any consortia.
- Step 2: Divide the total fee amount by the total number of manufacturers to generate a base fee.
- Step 3: 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.
- Step 4: Calculate the total remaining fee amount and the total number of remaining manufacturers that will share the fee by subtracting out the discounted fees and the number of small businesses identified.
- Step 5: Place remaining manufacturers in ascending order (from lowest to highest production volume based on their average annual production volume from the three calendar years prior to the publication of the preliminary list).
- Step 6: Assign each remaining manufacturer a number with 1 for lowest production volume, 2 for second lowest production volume, etc.
- Step 7: Multiply the total number of remaining manufacturers by 0.8.
- Step 8: Determine the manufacturer(s) in the top 20th percentile spot by comparing the number derived from Step 7 to the manufacturer(s) with the assigned number derived in Step 5. Manufacturers with an assigned number under Step 6 that is equal to or larger than the number in Step 7 are in the top 20th percentile.
- Step 9: Reallocate 80% of the remaining fee evenly across manufacturers in the top 20th percentile determined in Step 8, counting each manufacturer in a consortium as one entity.
- Step 10: Reallocate the remaining fee evenly across the remaining manufacturers, counting each manufacturer in a consortium as one entity.
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
EPA has released a final rule revising the TSCA fees. The revised fees will be effective 60 days after the 2024 final rule is published in the Federal Register.
| Fee Category |
Total Fee |
Maximum Fee for Small Business |
|---|---|---|
| TSCA Section 4 | ||
| Test order | $11,650 | $2,320 |
| Test rule | $35,080 | $7,020 |
| Enforceable Consent Agreement (ECA) | $27,110 | $5,470 |
| TSCA Section 5 | ||
| Premanufacture Notice (PMN) and consolidated PMN | $19,020 | $3,330 |
| Significant New Use Notice (SNUN) | $19,020 | $3,330 |
| Microbial Commercial Activity Notice (MCAN) and consolidated MCAN |
$19,020 | $3,330 |
| Low Releases and Low Exposures (LoREX) exemption | $5,590 | $1,120 |
| Low Volume Exemption (LVE) | $5,590 | $1,120 |
| Test Marketing Exemption (TME) | $5,590 | $1,120 |
| Tier II exemption | $5,590 | $1,120 |
| TSCA Environmental Release Application (TERA) | $5,590 | $1,120 |
| Film Articles | $5,590 | $1,120 |
| TSCA Section 6 | ||
| EPA-initiated risk evaluation | $1,605,000 | $320,000 |
| Manufacturer-requested risk evaluation on a chemical included in the Work Plan |
50% of total actual costs with a $1,490,000 initial payment |
50% of total actual costs with a $1,490,000 initial payment |
| Manufacturer-requested risk evaluation on a chemical not included in the Work Plan |
100% of total actual costs with a $2,970,000 initial payment |
100% of total actual costs with a $2,970,000 initial payment |
Fees for the Administration of TSCA on or After 60 Days After the 2024 Final Rule is Published in the Federal Register
| Fee Category | Total Fee | Maximum Fee for Small Business |
|---|---|---|
| TSCA Section 4 | ||
| Test order | $25,000 | $5,000 |
| Test rule | $50,000 | $10,000 |
| Enforceable Consent Agreement (ECA) | $50,000 | $10,000 |
| TSCA Section 5 | ||
| Premanufacture Notice (PMN) and consolidated PMN | $37,000 | $6,480 |
| Significant New Use Notice (SNUN) | $37,000 | $6,480 |
| Microbial Commercial Activity Notice (MCAN) and consolidated MCAN |
$37,000 | $6,480 |
| Low Releases and Low Exposures (LoREX) exemption | $10,870 | $2,180 |
| Low Volume Exemption (LVE) | $10,870 | $2,180 |
| Test Marketing Exemption (TME) | $10,870 | $2,180 |
| Tier II exemption | $10,870 | $2,180 |
| TSCA Environmental Release Application (TERA) | $10,870 | $2,180 |
| Film Articles | $10,870 | $2,180 |
| TSCA Section 6 | ||
| EPA-initiated risk evaluation | Two payments resulting in $4,287,000 | Two payments resulting in $857,000 |
| MRRE on a Chemical Included in TSCA Work Plan | Two payments of $1,414,924, with final invoice to recover 50% of actual costs. | Two payments of $1,414,924, with final invoice to recover 50% of actual costs. |
| MRRE on a Chemical Not Included in TSCA Work Plan | Two payments of $2,829,847, with final invoice to recover 100% of actual costs. | Two payments of $2,829,847, with final invoice to recover 100% of actual costs. |