Testing & Certification
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EPA Registration Steps
HowtoObtainanEPACompanyorEstablishmentNumberorChangeAddressorContactInformationWhatisanEPACompanyNumberA“companynumber”isauniqueidentifierassignedtoacompanythatwishestoregisterapesticide(e.g.,herbicide,rodenticide,orantimicrobial)withtheU.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgency(EPA).Thesecompaniesarecommonlycalledregistrants.A"companynumber"isalsonecessaryforacompanythatplansto“produce”pesticidesordevices.Suchproductionrequiresthecompanytoobtaina“Pesticide-ProducingorDevice-ProducingEstablishmentNumber.”Thecompanynumberispartoftheestablishmentnumber.DefinitionofanEstablishmentTheCodeofFederalRegulations(40CFR167.3)definesanestablishmentasanysitewhereapesticideproduct,activeingredient,ordeviceisproduced,regardlessofwhether:·thesiteisindependentlyownedoroperated;·siteisdomestic(i.e.,locatedintheUnitedStates)andisproducingthepesticideordeviceonlyforexport;or·thesiteislocatedinaforeigncountryandisproducingthepesticideordeviceforimportationintotheUnitedStates.DefinitionofProduceTheterm“produce,”asdefinedin40CFR167.3,means“tomanufacture,prepare,propagate,compound,orprocessanypesticide,includinganypesticideproducedpursuantto[anExperimentalUsePermit],anyactiveingredientordevice,ortopackage,repackage,label,relabel,orotherwisechangethecontainerofanypesticideordeviceHowtoObtain...