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In the process of developing environmental regulations and control strategies, it is helpful and often necessary to estimate costs associated with alternate approaches. Compliance costs to the private sector as well as implementation costs to enforcement agencies must be considered. To assist estimating state administrative and enforcement costs the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has developed a planning aid which provides a detailed review of enforcement agency activities quickly, minimizing the time required to collect source, monitoring, and cost data. The Air Pollution Control Strategy Resource Estimator (APCSRE) is a computerized model which operates with an updated data base of NEDS, SAROAD, and cost information. After calling the APCSRE model on an EPA terminal, the user defines the strategy to be evaluated. After a question and answer session the APCSRE model estimates expected manpower, equipment, and total dollar costs for implementation of the strategy. This paper describes the APSCRE model and illustrates its application by estimating resource costs associated with implementation of an ambient lead standard and a continuous emission monitoring regulation.