40 CFR § 700.49 - Failure to remit fees.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s700.49"
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title: "40 CFR § 700.49 - Failure to remit fees."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "700.49"
section_name: "Failure to remit fees."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "R"
subchapter_name: "TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT"
part_number: "700"
part_name: "GENERAL"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "15 U.S.C. 2625 and 2665, 44 U.S.C. 3504."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 31252, Aug. 17, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "700"
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# 700.49 Failure to remit fees.

(a) EPA will not consider a TSCA section 5 notice to be complete unless the appropriate certification under § 700.45(g) is included and until the appropriate remittance under § 700.45(c) has been submitted as provided in § 700.45(g). EPA will notify the submitter of a section 5 notice that it is incomplete in accordance with §§ 720.65(c) and 725.33(b)(1) of this chapter.

(b) Failure to submit the appropriate remittance specified under § 700.45(c) for a test order, test rule, enforceable consent agreement, or EPA-initiated risk evaluation as provided in § 700.45(g) is a violation of TSCA and enforceable under section 15 of the Act.

(c) EPA will not initiate a manufacturer-requested risk evaluation the request for which the Agency has otherwise determined to be complete unless EPA has determined to grant the request and the appropriate initial remittance under § 700.45(c) has been submitted as provided in § 700.45(g).

(d) Failure to submit the appropriate final remittance specified under § 700.45(c) for a manufacturer-requested risk evaluation as provided in § 700.45(g) is a violation of TSCA and enforceable under section 15 of the Act.

[83 FR 52719, Oct. 17, 2018]