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118 STAT. 423 PUBLIC LAW 108–199—JAN. 23, 2004 ‘‘(A) officers and employees provide direct support for the review and decisionmaking for covered pesticide applications, associated tolerances, and corresponding risk and benefits information and analyses; ‘‘(B) persons and organizations under contract with the Administrator engage in the review of the applications, and corresponding risk and benefits information and assessments; and ‘‘(C) advisory committees and other accredited persons or organizations, on the request of the Administrator, engage in the peer review of risk or benefits information associated with covered pesticide applications; ‘‘(2) costs of management of information, and the acquisi tion, maintenance, and repair of computer and telecommuni cation resources (including software), used to support review of pesticide applications, associated tolerances, and cor responding risk and benefits information and analyses; and ‘‘(3) costs of collecting registration service fees under sub sections (b) and (c) and reporting, auditing, and accounting under this section. ‘‘(b) FEES.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning on the effective date of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003, the Administrator shall assess and collect covered pesticide reg istration service fees in accordance with this section. ‘‘(2) COVERED PESTICIDE REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An application for the registration of a pesticide covered by this Act that is received by the Administrator on or after the effective date of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 shall be subject to a registration service fee under this section. ‘‘(B) EXISTING APPLICATIONS.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause (ii), an applica tion for the registration of a pesticide that was sub mitted to the Administrator before the effective date of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 and is pending on that effective date shall be subject to a service fee under this section if the application is for the registration of a new active ingredient that is not listed in the Registration Division 2003 Work Plan of the Office of Pesticide Programs of the Environ mental Protection Agency. ‘‘(ii) TOLERANCE OR EXEMPTION FEES.—The amount of any fee otherwise payable for an application described in clause (i) under this section shall be reduced by the amount of any fees paid to support the related petition for a pesticide tolerance or exemp tion under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.). ‘‘(C) DOCUMENTATION.—An application subject to a reg istration service fee under this section shall be submitted with documentation certifying— ‘‘(i) payment of the registration service fee; or ‘‘(ii) a request for a waiver from or reduction of the registration service fee. ‘‘(3) SCHEDULE OF COVERED APPLICATIONS AND REGISTRA TION SERVICE FEES.— Effective date.