Basic Information about Air Quality FIPs
What is a FIP?
A Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) is an air quality plan developed by EPA under certain circumstances to help states or tribes attain and/or maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for criteria air pollutants and fulfill other requirements of the Clean Air Act.
EPA is required to develop a FIP if a state fails to submit a complete implementation plan, or if EPA disapproves a plan as not meeting Clean Air Act requirements. EPA may also develop a FIP for tribal lands if a tribe elects not to develop their own implementation plan, as appropriate.
See: Basic information about State Implementation Plans (SIPs) and Tribal Implementation Plans (TIPs)
Current FIPs around the Nation
EPA has developed and implemented the following FIPs:
- Arkansas (Subpart E)
- Fort Berthold Indian Reservation Oil and Natural Gas Well Production Facilities (ND)
- Hawaii Regional Haze
- Louisiana (Subpart T)
- Montana Regional Haze
- Navajo Generating Station (AZ)
- New Mexico (Subpart GG)
- North Dakota Regional Haze
- Oklahoma (Subpart LL)
- Texas (Subpart SS)
- Wyoming Regional Haze
- See also: Approved SIPs