118 STAT. 432 PUBLIC LAW 108–199—JAN. 23, 2004 ‘‘(B) report the findings and recommendations of the audit to the Administrator and to the appropriate commit tees of Congress. ‘‘(j) PERSONNEL LEVELS.—All full time equivalent positions sup ported by fees authorized and collected under this section shall not be counted against the agency wide personnel level goals of the Environmental Protection Agency. ‘‘(k) REPORTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2005, and each March 1 thereafter through March 1, 2009, the Administrator shall publish an annual report describing actions taken under this section. ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include— ‘‘(A) a review of the progress made in carrying out each requirement of subsections (e) and (f), including— ‘‘(i) the number of applications reviewed, including the decision times for each application specified in subsection (f); ‘‘(ii) the number of actions pending in each category of actions described in subsection (f)(3), as well as the number of inert ingredients; ‘‘(iii) to the extent determined appropriate by the Administrator and consistent with the authorities of the Administrator and limitations on delegation of functions by the Administrator, recommendations for— ‘‘(I) expanding the use of self certification in all appropriate areas of the registration process; ‘‘(II) providing for accreditation of outside reviewers and the use of outside reviewers to con duct the review of major portions of applications; and ‘‘(III) reviewing the scope of use of the notifica tion process to cover broader categories of registra tion actions; and ‘‘(iv) the use of performance based contracts, other contracts, and procurement to ensure that— ‘‘(I) the goals of this Act for the timely review of applications for registration are met; and ‘‘(II) the registration program is administered in the most productive and cost effective manner practicable; ‘‘(B) a description of the staffing and resources relating to the costs associated with the review and decisionmaking pertaining to applications; and ‘‘(C) a review of the progress in meeting the timeline requirements of section 4(g). ‘‘(3) METHOD.—The Administrator shall publish a report required by this subsection by such method as the Adminis trator determines to be the most effective for efficiently dissemi nating the report, including publication of the report on the Internet site of the Environmental Protection Agency. ‘‘(l) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section affects any other duties, obligations, or authorities established by any other section of this Act, including the right to judicial review of duties, obliga tions, or authorities established by any other section of this Act. ‘‘(m) TERMINATION OF EFFECTIVENESS.— Deadlines.
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