Notice of Data Availability; Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Pretreatment Standards for the Industrial Laundries Point Source Category

On December 17, 1997, EPA proposed pretreatment standards for pollutants discharged to publicly owned treatment works (62 FR 66181). This notice presents a summary of the data received since the proposal, and an assessment of the usefulness of the data in EPA's analyses; presents a modified technology option suggested by commenters; presents a modified no regulation option suggested by commenters; discusses a voluntary industry program, and discusses other specific issues raised by commenters including the methodology for the passthrough analysis. EPA solicits public comments regarding any of the information presented in this notice of data availability and the record supporting this notice.