This Economic Assessment (EA) report evaluates the economic impacts of various regulatory options that the U.S. Enviornmental Protection Agency (EPA) considered for pretreatment standards for the industrial laundries point source category. The EA is organized into ten sections: Section Two presents the major sources of data used in analyzing the regulatory options; Section Three presents a profile of the industry; Section Four presents an estimate of the annual aggregate cost; Section Five evaluates, using a financial model, compliance cost impacts on facilities' cash flow (closure analysis); Section Six evaluates, using a financial model, compliance cost impacts on the financial health of firms in the industry; Section Seven presents an assessment of impacts from the regulatory options considered on output and employment, both nationally and regionally; Section Eight discusses impacts on employment, markets, customers, establishments other than industrial laundries that might provide some industrial laundry services, consolidation, inflation, distribution, and environmental justice; Section nine presents an analysis of the effects of compliance costs on small businesses; Section Ten presents a brief comparison of costs and benefits of the regulatory options.

"Revised March 2000." Includes bibliographical references. "EPA 821-R-00-004"--Cover.