Minnesota's $800 PFAS fee — and the real cost around it.

The fee, precisely

• $800, one time, per manufacturer. Company-level — not per product, not per SKU, not per report row. A 400-SKU brand and a 4-SKU brand pay the same.
• Paid inside PRISM when you submit your initial report.
• No annual fee. The proposed rule wanted $1,000 initial + $500 per update; the final rule (Minn. R. 7026.0100) settled at $800 once, with annual updates free.
• Extensions don't add a fee. The request form is free; the same one-time $800 accompanies your (later) report. Claims of a separate "$300 extension fee" circulate online — we could not verify any such fee in the rule.

The twin nobody's noticed: Connecticut's $800

Since July 1, 2026, Connecticut requires manufacturers selling 12 product categories with intentionally added PFAS to send prior notification to CT DEEP — a published form, emailed to the agency, with its own $800 registration fee (plus on-product labeling). If you sell cookware, apparel, cosmetics, juvenile products, or textiles into Connecticut with PFAS, that's a second $800 and a second filing — today, not 2028.

Where the real money goes

The fees are the cheap, predictable part. The actual budget lines:

• Supplier data collection — the big one. Industry groups reported response rates under 40% after months of chasing. For a 20-supplier brand, expect weeks of elapsed time and dozens of staff hours of asking, re-asking, and interpreting answers.
• Testing, when suppliers won't talk: total-organic-fluorine screens run roughly $300–700 per sample at US labs. A handful of strategic tests often beats months of silence.
• Consultants, if you outsource wholesale: project quotes for state PFAS compliance are opaque and commonly land in the $2,000–10,000 range for small brands.
• Your time: grouping analysis, PRISM data entry, documentation. With supplier answers in hand it's an afternoon-to-a-day; without a system it sprawls.

An honest budget for a 50-SKU brand

• Minnesota fee: $800 (one-time)
• Connecticut notification (if you sell covered categories there with PFAS): $800
• Optional TOF tests, 2–4 samples: $600–2,800
• The supplier chase + documentation + filing prep: the variable — dozens of DIY hours, thousands via consultants, or $950 done-with-you in our Minnesota Sprint.

The fee is a rounding error. The workflow is the cost. Budget accordingly.