We're Ren Studio. We do deadline paperwork for small companies, and this is the newest deadline most small companies have never heard of. In plain words:
Minnesota's Amara's Law says any company that sells a product with intentionally added PFAS into Minnesota has to report that product to the state — the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) — through its online system, called PRISM. "Manufacturer" is defined broadly: the company that makes the product, the brand that has it made under its label, or the importer if the maker has no U.S. presence. Selling only online still counts — a shipment into Minnesota is a sale in Minnesota. The first reports were due September 15, 2026. The state granted over 1,000 extensions, and that group's reports are due December 14, 2026. Updates are then due every year on February 1. The MPCA expects more than 5,000 companies to report — and a few months before the deadline, only about 700 had even registered.
What skipping it — or botching it — actually costs you
- The report is the price of selling in Minnesota. Products with intentionally added PFAS that were never reported don't belong on the market there — no report puts the product line itself at risk.
- A silent supplier is not an excuse. The law is explicit: if a supplier won't answer, you still have to report with your best available information — and keep asking. "They never replied" only helps you if you can prove you kept asking.
- The documentation is the compliance. The state can ask to see your supplier-outreach records, and you must keep them for at least five years after the product leaves your supply chain. A report filed without the paper trail behind it is half-finished work.
- The clock is short. Extension reports are due December 14, 2026. Supplier chases take weeks even when suppliers cooperate — this is not a December 13 job.
Not sure whether your products are even covered? Work through it first — it's free, and it takes five minutes: do you have to file a Minnesota PFAS report?
Start my PFAS report
Use the subject line PFAS + your company name. Tell us roughly how many products and suppliers you're dealing with and whether you received an extension — we'll reply with a short questionnaire and a firm start date.
What we do — the chase, the records, the packet
- The supplier chase, run properly. We draft and send the outreach to every supplier on your list — a clear first ask that names the Minnesota requirement and the deadline, then documented follow-ups. Multiple contact methods, every attempt logged with dates: that's the due-diligence standard the rule describes, done as a system instead of a scramble.
- Response tracking you can hand to the state. Every reply, partial answer, and non-response is recorded per product and per supplier, so if the MPCA ever asks how you got your numbers — or why a field says "unknown" — the evidence is sitting in one file.
- A data sheet for every product. Chemical identity, what the chemical does in the product, and the concentration range — exactly as your suppliers provide it, organized product by product. We never invent a number: every figure traces to a supplier document, and anything a supplier won't confirm is flagged as a gap, in writing.
- A submission-ready PRISM packet. Your data assembled in the shape the state's system asks for it, so filing is data entry, not research. You review the complete packet before anything is submitted — and if you'd rather we enter it with you, we can work in PRISM at your direction, under your login.
- The file that outlives the filing. Everything — outreach log, supplier declarations, data sheets — delivered as one organized record built to be kept for the five years the law requires.
How it works
1. You send your product list and supplier list — that's most of your job
What you sell into Minnesota, who makes it or supplies the components, and whatever you already know or suspect about PFAS in those products. We send a short questionnaire; most companies finish it in one sitting. If you received a reporting extension, tell us — it sets your deadline.
2. We run the chase and build the data sheets
Outreach goes out to your suppliers — from you, or from us as your paperwork team, your choice — and we follow up on a schedule, logging everything. As answers land, we assemble each product's data sheet. Where a supplier goes quiet, the log shows the repeated attempts, and the packet uses the best available information with the gap flagged, the way the rule allows.
3. You review the packet, then it gets filed
The submission-ready packet comes back to you complete: data sheets, the outreach log, and a short list of anything still outstanding. You approve it. Then it's entered into PRISM — by you in minutes, or together with us at your direction. The state's one-time $800 manufacturer fee is paid to the MPCA inside PRISM; it's the state's charge, separate from ours.
Pricing — flat, published, no quote games
Report prep
$895 flat / report
- One report = one PRISM submission, covering a product family grouped the way the state's rules allow
- Supplier chase: drafted outreach + logged follow-ups to every supplier on the report
- Product-by-product data sheets from supplier documents
- Submission-ready PRISM packet + the 5-year record file
- Separate from our fee: the state's one-time $800 per-manufacturer fee, paid to the MPCA
Due-diligence file
$295 flat
- For companies that believe no PFAS is intentionally added to their products
- We chase written supplier confirmations and declarations for your product list
- Every confirmation — and every non-response — logged and organized
- A retention-ready file that backs your position if the state ever asks
- It's the documentation, not a legal conclusion — see the note below
Add-on: yearly updates
$395/yr
- Updates are due every February 1 when products change or new supplier information arrives
- We re-check your suppliers, refresh the data sheets, and prep the update packet
- Your outreach log keeps growing instead of restarting from zero
For comparison: law firms and compliance boutiques in this space don't publish prices — you request a quote and wait — and the one productized competitor we've found charges $1,000 per report, with evidence packages running to $7,500. Ours is $895, on the page, before you ever email us.
Who this is for
Small manufacturers and private-label brands whose products contain intentionally added PFAS — coatings, treatments, components — and who sell into Minnesota in any channel. Importers bringing in products from makers with no U.S. presence. And online sellers — Amazon, Etsy, Shopify, your own store — who ship physical products to Minnesota customers and are the "manufacturer" under this law without ever having heard the word PRISM. If your suppliers are overseas and slow to answer English-language compliance emails, that's not an edge case here; that's the normal case, and it's exactly what the chase is built for.
What we don't do — on purpose
This is data preparation and document help, not legal advice — we're not attorneys or chemists, and we don't test products. We never invent chemical data. Every chemical name, function, and concentration in your packet comes from your suppliers' documents; where a supplier won't provide it, the packet says so and the outreach log shows the attempts. Whether a specific product is legally covered, whether to request a waiver or trade-secret protection, and any question about your liability are attorney questions — we'll flag them when we see them and tell you plainly. And we don't promise the state will accept a filing: the MPCA reviews reports, and the legal duty to report stays yours. What we promise is that the chase is real, the records are complete, and the packet is ready on time.
Questions companies ask
I sell online only. I don't even know which customers are in Minnesota. Does this really apply to me?
If the product is sold, offered for sale, or distributed in Minnesota, yes — the MPCA lists "products sold only online" explicitly. What matters is whether you're the manufacturer under the law's definition: the maker, the brand owner who contracts production, or the importer when the maker has no U.S. presence. If you simply resell another U.S. brand's products, that brand is usually the reporter — but don't assume; the checker page walks through it, and the eligibility questions in our intake sort out the rest.
What exactly counts as one "report" for the $895?
One report is one PRISM submission. Minnesota's rules allow similar products to be grouped in a single submission, so a product family that files together counts as one report. If your products split into several submissions, each one is a separate report — we'll tell you how your list groups before you pay, so the count is never a surprise.
My suppliers won't answer. Can you still file?
Yes — that's the situation the law anticipates. An unresponsive supplier doesn't excuse reporting: you file with the best available information, use the system's allowed "unknown" values where appropriate, and keep requesting. What protects you is the documentation of repeated, dated attempts. Building that record is most of what the $895 buys.
We don't think our products contain intentionally added PFAS at all. Do we need anything?
If that's right, you owe no report. But "we don't think so" is a weak position if the state asks — and the way you strengthen it is written supplier confirmations. That's the $295 due-diligence file: we chase a declaration from each supplier, log who confirmed and who never answered, and organize it into a file built to be kept five years. It's evidence of diligence, not a legal guarantee — if a supplier later turns out to have been wrong, the file shows you asked properly, and an attorney is the right call at that point.
What about the $800 fee I keep reading about?
That's the state's fee, not ours: a one-time $800 charge per manufacturer, paid to the MPCA inside PRISM when you report. Every reporting company pays it — once per company, not per product. Our $895 is for the preparation work; the $800 goes to Minnesota.
I missed the September 15 deadline and never got an extension. Is it too late?
The report is still owed — late is a different problem from never, and filing late with a complete packet and a documented supplier chase behind it is a far better position than staying unfiled. Tell us your situation in the first email and we'll be straight with you about what we can and can't fix; questions about penalties or enforcement exposure belong to an attorney.
What do you need from us to start?
Your product list (what's sold into Minnesota), your supplier list with contact details, any PFAS information or declarations you already hold, and whether you received an extension. The questionnaire we send covers it in one pass. From a complete intake, a typical packet is ready for your review in about three weeks — most of that clock is suppliers answering, which is why starting now matters more than starting perfectly.
Get the report off your desk
Email inunghwang@gmail.com — subject PFAS + your company name. Tell us how many products and suppliers you're dealing with and whether you have an extension. You'll get a reply with the short questionnaire and a firm start date — and if your products turn out not to be covered at all, we'll tell you that for free.