PRISM without tears: an operator's guide to the Minnesota filing.

1 · Who registers (three paths)

• Manufacturers (including brand owners; or the importer/first US distributor when the brand has no US presence) register their own company at prism.theic2.org.
• Consultants register with their own consulting-company information, then request authorization for each client through the “Associations” workflow. (If the signup flow seems to force you to pick an existing listed company, you’re in the manufacturer path — this trips up almost everyone.)
• Trade associations can register and report for member companies the same way.

Stuck at registration? The documented support routes are prism@theic2.org (system issues) and pfasreporting.mpca@state.mn.us (reporting questions) — MPCA also runs virtual office hours with screen sharing.

2 · What a report row actually is

PRISM reports at the component level. One product = several rows: the product identity (brand name, product model, a product code— UPC, HTS, or SKU; “none” is allowed if no code exists) repeats on each row, and each row names one component + one PFAS: identifier type (CAS number, or TOF), chemical from the state’s dropdown, its function, its concentration range, and a trade-secret flag. A macro-enabled spreadsheet template inside PRISM lets you prepare everything offline and bulk-upload.

3 · Grouping is your best friend

Three sanctioned ways to shrink the work (MPCA Supplemental Guide):

• Product grouping:products differing only in superficial qualities (color, size, finish) with the same PFAS, function, and range → one entry. A paint line in three gloss levels is MPCA’s own example.
• Component grouping: identical PFAS-containing components (e.g., all PTFE gaskets in a machine) → reported once.
• Both combined: group products into families, then group components within them.

A 50-SKU catalog often collapses to a dozen report entries. Do the grouping analysis before data entry, not during.

4 · The exact concentration ranges

From Minn. R. 7026.0030 — these are the only choices:

• Practical detection limit to <100 ppm
• 100 ppm to <1,000 ppm (0.1%)
• 1,000 ppm to <10,000 ppm (1%)
• 10,000 ppm to <150,000 ppm (15%)
• 150,000 ppm to <300,000 ppm (30%)
• 300,000 ppm to <600,000 ppm (60%)
• 600,000 ppm to <900,000 ppm (90%)
• 90 to 100 percent
• Present, but amount/concentration unknown

If your supplier gave you a number in ppm or percent, it maps cleanly into one bucket. If they gave you a range that straddles two buckets, resolve it before filing — or use the unknown option with documented follow-up.

5 · Fees, deadlines, and updates

• $800, once, per manufacturer — not per product. No annual fee.
• September 15, 2026 initial deadline; extension to December 14 if requested by August 16.
• February 1 each year after: update for new information, changed products, or new PFAS-containing products — PRISM’s copy-report function lets you start from last year’s filing.
• Chemical or function missing from the dropdowns? Email both support addresses to request an addition — then re-download the template.