3.B. Processing New Substances Notifications - Operational Policy for Processing Fees and Refunds
- 3.A. Operational Policy for Processing New Substances Notifications
- 3.B. Operational Policy for Processing Fees and Refunds
- 3.C. Operational Policy for Early Termination of Assessment Periods
- 3.D. Operational Policy for Maintaining Confidentiality of Substance Identities
This policy applies to the assessment of new substance notifications and other services for new chemicals and polymers. Other services include
- confidential searches of substances appearing on the Domestic Substances List (DSL) or Non-Domestic Substances List (NDSL) that have been published under masked names;
- masked name applications; and
- applications for a service under the Arrangement for Sharing of Information (the "Four Corners Arrangement") between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Environment Canada and Health Canada.
- biochemicals, biopolymers, living organisms or animate products of biotechnology; or
- substances whose use is regulated under another Act of Parliament, whether or not it is listed in Schedules 2 or 4 of CEPA 1999.
The fees and refund operational policy is summarized in Table 1 and described in the following sections.
Status of Payment | Effect on Services | Applicable Refund |
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No payment with submission | Submission is returned to notifier. | Not applicable |
Insufficient payment | ||
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All services are suspended until full payment is received. | Not applicable |
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Services are rendered for fully paid requests; other services are suspended until payment is received. | Not applicable |
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All services are suspended until payment is received. | Not applicable |
Exact payment | Services are rendered. | Payments are not refundable once full services are rendered. |
Overpayment | Services are rendered. | Overpayment is refunded. |
Valid withdrawn requests | ||
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Services are terminated. | Full payment is refunded. |
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Services are terminated. | A portion of applicable fees are retained. |
Unnecessary services | Submission is returned to notifier. | Full payment is refunded. |
Previous notifications made before January 1, 2003 | Services are rendered. | Payment corresponding to previous schedules is refunded. |
Exact Payment
If the exact payment for any service has been received, the service will be rendered.
No Payment
If payment is not received with the submission, the services will not be rendered and the submission will be returned to the notifier (notice of rejection).
Insufficient Payment
If the payment is insufficient to cover the service(s) associated with a single substance, all services, including assessments of notifications, will be suspended until full payment is received.
If the submission clearly identifies the fees associated with each substance, only the services for which full payment was received will be rendered. Other services will be suspended until full payment is received.
If one payment is sent for multiple services without clearly identifying the fees associated with each substance, all services will be suspended until full payment is received.
Overpayment
If the payment exceeds the fee prescribed by the NSFR, the service will be rendered and the overpayment will be refunded. Overpayments will not be retained "on account" as deposits for future notifications or other services.
Withdrawn Service Requests
If the notifier withdraws a notification or other service request before any service has been rendered, a full refund will be issued. If the notifier withdraws its notification or other service and partial services have been rendered, a portion of the fee prescribed by the NSFR will be retained. If the notifier withdraws a notification but full services have already been rendered, no refund will be issued.
Unnecessary Services
If a notification is not required by the NSNR (e.g. if the substance is already listed on the DSL), the service will not be rendered and the submission will be returned to the notifier along with a full refund.
Previous Notifications Made Before January 1, 2003
"Subsequent" notification fees consist of the amount set out in the applicable schedule of the NSFR, less any amount previously paid for the assessment of that substance under any previous schedules. If the previous schedules were notified before January 1, 2003 when no fees were applicable, the notifier must pay the full amount for initial fees or final fees as prescribed in the NSFR for the subsequent notification.
However, to respect the intent of the regulations, previous notifications will be considered when determining refunds. When full payment is made for a notification and previous schedules were notified before January 1, 2003, the fees corresponding to the previously notified schedules will be refunded.
In these cases, refunds will only be issued upon written request from notifiers. To facilitate the process, notifiers should clearly identify the New Substance Notification (NSN) numbers of any previous notifications on the current submission. The NSN number is a number assigned to a specific file/notification package in order to track it through the notification, assessment and post-assessment process.
Notifications received prior to January 1, 2003 and for which prescribed information was missing are subject to the NSFR upon submission of missing information.
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