# Approval of Implementation Plans; State of Iowa; Elements of the Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2012 Particulate Matter (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) > **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2018-03-22 · Effective 2018-04-23 · 83 FR 12488 ## Document - **Document number:** 2018-05540 - **Category:** air-emissions - **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 12488 - **CFR reference:** 40 CFR 52 - **Publication date:** 2018-03-22 - **Effective date:** 2018-04-23 - **State:** IA - **EPA docket:** EPA-R07-OAR-2017-0517 ## Abstract The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve certain elements of a 2015 State Implementation Plan (SIP) submission from the State of Iowa for the 2012 Particulate Matter (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). States are required to have a SIP that provides for the implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of the NAAQS. Whenever EPA promulgates a new or revised NAAQS, states are required to make a SIP submission establishing that the existing approved SIP has provisions necessary to address various requirements to address the new or revised NAAQS or to add such provisions. These SIP submissions are commonly referred to as "infrastructure" SIPs. The infrastructure SIP requirements are designed to ensure that the structural components of each state's air quality management program are adequate to meet the state's responsibilities under the CAA. ## Source - [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/03/22/2018-05540/approval-of-implementation-plans-state-of-iowa-elements-of-the-infrastructure-sip-requirements-for) --- *AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*