Municipal responsibility

Municipalities shall ensure the necessary preparedness against acute pollution that may occur or cause harmful effects within the municipality, and which is not covered by private emergency preparedness. Read more about the municipalities' responsibilities here.

If the responsible polluter is unknown, does not implement measures or does not implement sufficient measures, the municipality has a duty to take action. This applies to all discharges in the municipality, regardless of extent, and also applies to acute pollution that occurs outside the municipality, but causes harmful effects within the municipality.

The obligation to implement measures only applies to measures that are in reasonable proportion to damages and inconveniences that are to be avoided.

IUA regions

The municipal emergency preparedness is divided into emergency preparedness regions, IUA. In Norway we have the following emergency regions:

Aust-Agder
Bergen
Region 4 (tidl. Buskerud, Sande og Svelvik)
Haugesund
Hedmark
Helgeland
Indre Oslofjord
Inn-Trøndelag
Lofoten og Vesterålen
Midt-Agder
Midt-Finnmark
Midt- og Nord-Troms
Namdal
Nordfjord
Nordmøre
Ofoten
Oppland
Rana
Romerike
Romsdal
Salten
Sogn og Sunnfjord
Sunnmøre
Sør-Rogaland
Sør-Troms
Sør-Trøndelag
Telemark
UA Svalbard
Vest-Agder
Vest-Finnmark
Vestfold
Øst-Finnmark
Østfold

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