IUA – Inter-municipal committee against acute pollution

The municipal emergency preparedness is based on risk assessments of normal activities in the municipality. The municipalities of the country are organised in 32 emergency response regions. An Intermunicipal Committee for Acute Pollution (IUA) in each region fulfils the duty of emergency preparedness and action. This inter-municipal emergency preparedness is dimensioned to handle smaller, acute discharges. Pollution incidents that are, or develop to become, of such magnitude that they become too large for an IUA to handle will be taken over by the Norwegian Coastal Administration (“State Action”).