On December 23, 2022, the United States Congress re-authorized the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA 5). That is, according to the requirements of the new act of PRIA 5, in order to support the work of the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), the official review fee and annual maintenance fee of EPA will increase. It is estimated that the total review fee will increase by 6 million dollars per year, and the total annual maintenance fee will increase by 11 million dollars per year.

    The PRIA 4 Act ends on September 30, 2023. The new PRIA 5 Act is valid for five fiscal years and will end on September 30, 2027.

    According to the new act of PRIA 5, the review fee is expected to increase by US $6 million annually. For a single registration review, the review fee is expected to increase by about 30% compared with the current one.

    In recent years, the number of antimicrobial pesticide registrations has increased significantly due to the epidemic situation. With the total annual maintenance cost target unchanged, the annual maintenance cost of individual registrations has been declining. Just in December 2022, the US EPA announced that the annual maintenance fee for 2023 was 3400 US dollars, which was undoubtedly a good news for enterprises. However, in just one month, with the authorization of the new act of PRIA 5, because the annual maintenance fee will increase by 11 million dollars each year, the annual maintenance fee of a single product will also rise, and the annual maintenance fee of pesticide products will increase from 3400 dollars to 4875 dollars in 2023, a full increase of 43%.

    The reasons for the increase in costs are speculated as follows: expand the staffing of the OPP department. At present, the staffing of the OPP department is short. The increase in review fees and annual maintenance fees has expanded the annual allocation of the OPP department, which can be used to expand the staffing of the department; Improve the pesticide registration process to support the pesticide registration review and the informatization improvement of various review processes; Support the Endangered Species Law. The allocation level in fiscal year 2023 increased by about 11 million US dollars compared with the previous year, and most of it will be used for the compliance work of the Endangered Species Law that EPA needs to complete when making pesticide regulatory decisions; Increase the training fund and increase the funding for training projects for farm workers and health care professionals.