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International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2019, 9(6), 79-85.

Effectiveness of Environmental Policy Enforcement and the 
Impact by Industrial Mining, Energy, Mineral, and Gas Activities 
in Indonesia

Kamal Hidjaz

Department of  Law Science, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar, Indonesia. 
*Email: kamal.hidjaz@yahoo.co.id

Received: 17 May 2019 Accepted: 18 August 2019 DOI: https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.8146

ABSTRACT

They are being polemic for Indonesia between implementing production and sustainability simultaneously, considering that Indonesia is a newly 
emerging country, which of course wants to be independent and also sovereign from the regional side as a unitary state and even financially independent 
to meet all the needs of the Indonesian people. The main challenge faced by Indonesia is pursuing maximum economic growth through the use of 
natural resources. The effectiveness of environmental law enforcement on the activities of the mining, gas, and mineral industry can run smoothly and 
smoothly concerning several fundamental aspects. On the other hand, mining activity is an effort to create jobs, improve the economy, which aims at 
equitable distribution of income through the absorption of labor in the sector of the mining industry. Environmental issues that are becoming a global 
issue require the government to take firm action against violators/perpetrators of environmental pollution to cause deterrent effects for others. The 
government can take legal steps through administrative, criminal, and civil considerations as a manifestation of creating environmentally friendly and 
sustainable production activities in the future.

Keywords: Environmental Policy, Environmental Law, Socio-legal Research 
JEL Classifications: O44, Q5, Q56

1. INTRODUCTION

Environmental problems have become a national problem and are 
even becoming a global issue that does not seem difficult to resolve. 
Population growth and economic growth also have an impact on 
changes in consumption patterns of the worldwide community 
(Murdifin et al., 2019). So that along with the variety of changes, 
it also has an impact on environmental issues caused by one of 
them by waste. In 2017 the population of Indonesia had reached 
261.89 million compared to 2000, which was 206.26 million. 
According to data from the Indonesian Ministry of Industry in 2016 
the amount of B3 waste disposal, the remaining industry managed 
in 2017 amounted to 60.31 million tons and accumulated from 2015 
only reached <40% of the target of the B3 waste management of 

755.6 million tons in the year 2019. B3 waste is the largest produced 
by the mining, energy and mineral industries.

Mining activities are a significant contributor to liquid waste. 
The GDP generated from the mining and quarrying sector in 
Indonesia amounted to 167.7 trillion rupiahs in 2000, increasing to 
1,028.8 trillion in 2017. The development of the mining industry, 
energy, and minerals increased the problem of waste. The sorting 
process uses a lot of water media, or even those carried out in 
rivers such as gold mining activities which directly dispose of 
their trash into the river without prior processing, as well as coal 
mining activities. In line with that, the environmental problems 
generated by waste originating from mining, energy, and mineral 
activities also have an impact on river water quality in Indonesia, 

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which is generally in a heavily polluted state. In 2018 as many 
as 25.1% of villages experienced water pollution, and their land 
contaminated around 2.7% of communities. The emergence of 
waste disposal in addition to having an impact on the environment 
also has an effect on health, therefore serious measures need to be 
taken in accordance with the targets of the sustainable development 
goals (SDGs) in which the SDGs target by 2030 to substantially 
reduce waste production through prevention, reduction reset and 
reuse. The waste contributes to greenhouse gas emissions that 
cause global climate change where climate change spurs natural 
disasters such as floods, landslides, tornadoes, droughts, and so 
on. Emissions in the waste sector tended to increase in 2000 with 
a record 60.1 million tons of CO2e released in the environment 
and in 2016 it reached 97.9 million tons of CO2e. Table 1 Shown 
the production of essential mining types and mineral excavations 
in Indonesia. Efforts made by the Indonesian government to 
combat environmental problems originating from industrial 
waste, including by allocating environmental protection budgets 
to the National Budget (national government expenditure) and 
the regional budget (regional government expenditure) (Mina, 
2016). Indonesia as a country that is rich in natural resources, both 
renewable and non-renewable natural resources, of course, besides 
being an opportunity, it is also a challenge for Indonesia to play an 
active role in environmental conservation globally. In Article 33 
of the 1945 constitution (paragraph 2) which is the main guideline 
and legal basis of Indonesia states that “the earth, water and natural 
resources contained therein are controlled by the state to be used 
as much as possible for the prosperity of the people.” So that in 
the management of natural resource and energy wealth activities 
it is necessary to apply the principle of sustainable development 
followed by the application of laws that maximally protect nature, 
ecosystems and the survival of living things (Hatta, 1977).

On the other hand, it has become polemic for Indonesia between 
implementing production and sustainability, considering that 
Indonesia is a developing country which of course wants to be 
independent and also sovereign from the regional side as a unitary 
state and even financially independent to meet all the needs of 
the Indonesian people. The main challenge faced by Indonesia is 
pursuing maximum economic growth through the use of natural 
resources which aims to accelerate equity and social justice and 
to reduce the income gap between regions in Indonesia as the 
country with the most islands in the world.

The leading players in the petroleum commodity mining industry 
such as Chevron (USA) contribute 40% of the total lifting of 
287 million barrels of oil. 15% from Pertamina EP (Indonesia), 
5% from Pertamina, INPEX and Conoco Philips (USA) and 
30% from from other companies through operations in Riau and 
East Kalimantan - Indonesia with total state revenues for the oil 
and gas sector amounting to 341 trillion rupiah and 37 trillion 
rupiah from the minerals and coal sector (eiti.ekon.go.id, 2014). 
For natural gas lifting Conoco Phillips (USA) contributes 21% 
of the total 2.3 million Indonesian national MSCF gas, 16% 
of the contribution comes from BP (Indonesia), 12% comes 
from Pertamina EP (Indonesia), 11% from INPEX, 10% from 
total (USA) and 30% from gas lifting contributions from other 
companies (eiti.ekon.go.id, 2014).

Deeper in entering into the main issues in this study, the 
effectiveness of environmental law originating from mining 
and mineral excavation activities in Indonesia each year shows 
that there are still many legal cases. As in 2013, legal claims in 
the mining sector reached 203 cases, 2014 with 173 cases and 
in 2018 240 cases. The legal arguments in mining activities are 

Table 1: Production of main mineral and materials in Indonesia
Kind of mine mineral Unit 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Crude oil 000 barel 314.666 301.192 287.902 286.706 269.613
Natural gas mmscf 2.982.754 2.969.211 2.999.524 2.957.230 2.905.465
Tin ore ton 44.202 59.412 51.801 52.195 42.698
Coal 000 ton 452.318 458.463 435.743 429.964 419.000
Bouxite 000 ton 31.443 57.024 2.539 472 494
Nickel ore 000 ton 48.449 65.047 39.034 1.870 1.263
Gold kg 69.291 59.804 69.349 92.414 75.000
Copper concentrate 000 ton 2.385 1.910 1.572 2.425 2.696
Kind of materials Unit 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sand M3 302.439.255 373.022.443 317.043.635 327.175.708
Stone 104.276.218 54.413.501 110.133.557 115.768.198
Andesite 13.864.769 7.294.371 21.114.081 23.490.462
Sirtu gravel 37.508.536 18.728.619 50.404.140 57.484.091
Lime stone 13.317.839 23.969.459 11.594.460 12.149.160
Quartz sand 2.446.715 2.944.465 3.239.834 3.691.339
Marble 707.163 529.368 611.942 572.077
Clay 7.729.717 3.476.204 9.674.479 10.168.241
Piled soil 27.335.816 23.236.082 14.635.699 11.088.193
Other stone 27.335.816 23.236.082 14.635.699 11.088.193
Pumice stone 689.208 433.706 1.009.713 1.198.397
Feldspars 566.979 464.105 520.505 517.943
Trass 2.267.872 347.280 2.802.660 3.175.808
Kaolin 706.297 262.707 861.290 1.001.287
Zeolite 102.000 92.250 98.222 93.194
Source : Quarrying company survey (Badan Pusat Statistik, 2018)



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mostly related to legislation, which are incomplete licenses, or 
overlapping mining permits originating from errors in issuing 
permits (CNN Indonesia.com, 2018). The lack of legal prosecution 
for mining activities in Indonesia has provided concrete evidence, 
as in 2016 out of 5587 mining business permits will be blocked 
due to expired mining permits. The number of civil law cases in 
mining activities is due to licensing data that is not integrated, 
both mining data, company data, and beneficial ownership data 
(www.bbc.com, 2017). Data for 2017 related to mining business 
permits (IUP) shows that out of a total of 8,524 IUPs of 2522 
IUPs or 30% of non clear and clean (C & C) status with the 
dominant provinces with the most problematic IUP licenses, 
they are from South Kalimantan (351 IUP), Java West (291 IUP), 
East Kalimantan (275 IUP), South Sulawesi (188 IUP), West 
Kalimantan (170 IUP) which will lead to revocation of business 
licenses (eiti.ekon.go.id, 2018).

Weak law enforcement in mining activities in addition to having a 
direct impact on the environment also affects state losses through 
non-transparent beneficial ownership. Data from 2018 from 
Indonesia corruption watch (ICW) provides a statement that out 
of 11,000 mining businesses, there are 3772 mining businesses 
prone to corruption and potentially harming Indonesia reaching 
28.5 trillion rupiah due to hidden ownership. The existence of 
closed business ownership can also have the potential as a means 
for money laundering, monopoly and unhealthy competition which 
are all impacts of governance and information sources that are 
closed and not upholding legal aspects. The overlapping problems 
in the mining industry are also marked by the lack of transparency 
in the administrative process, ranging from standardizing the 
measurement of mine impacts, up-to-date mining company 
contract data, weak revision of guidelines related to the extractive 
industries transparency initiative (EITI) and ineffectual regulations 
regarding mining regulations and laws. Adding a long line of 
administrative issues to legal cases in the mining industry which if 
not handled seriously by the government will have an impact on the 
effectiveness of state revenues and also have a direct effect on the 
environment due to the mining industry’s disobedient procedures.

Therefore, objectively this study is expected to be able to provide 
alternative solutions for the government and stakeholders towards 
efforts to the effectiveness of ideal law enforcement that is assessed 
through an economic perspective, management policy, and law.

2. LITERATURE REVIEW

The terminology of enforcement of environmental laws by 
biezeveld said that the enforcement of environmental law is: 
Environmental law enforcement legal powers to ensure compliance 
with environmental regulations utilizing: (1) Administrative 
supervision of compliance with environmental regulations 
(inspection) (mainly preventive activity), (2) organizational 
measures or sanctions in case of non-compliance (corrective 
exercise), (3) repressive activity criminals in case of presumed 
offenses; (4) criminal rules or penalties in case of repressive 
activity, (5) civil action (lawsuit) in the case of (threatening) 
non-compliance (preventive or corrective activity) (Faure and 
Svatikova, 2012).

Furthermore, environmental law enforcement is an effort to 
achieve adherence to regulations and requirements in general 
and individual legal provisions, through supervision and 
implementation of administrative, criminal, and civil sanctions 
(Akhmaddhian, 2016). Enforcement of environmental law can be 
done preventively, meaning that active control is carried out on 
compliance with regulations without a direct incident involving 
actual events that lead to the presumption that legal provisions 
have been violated. Instruments for preventive law enforcement are 
counseling, monitoring, and use of the authority that is supervisory 
(sampling, stopping machines, and so on). Thus, the primary law 
enforcers are officials/government officials who are authorized to 
give permission and prevent environmental pollution (Lestari and 
Djanggih, 2019). Repressive law enforcement is carried out in the 
event of an act that violates the rules and aims to end the prohibited 
act directly. Criminal prosecution generally follows rules violations 
and usually cannot negate the consequences of the offense.

2.1. Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs)
SDGs is a global action plan agreed upon by world leaders to end 
poverty, reduce inequality, and protect the environment. SDGs 
contains 17 goals, namely eradication of poverty, ending hunger, 
improved health and well-being, quality education, gender equality, 
access to clean water and sanitation, clean and affordable energy. 
Decent work and economic growth, industrial infrastructure and 
innovation, reducing income inequality, cities, and sustainable 
communities, responsible consumption and production, handling 
climate change, safeguarding marine ecosystems, maintaining 
terrestrial ecosystems, peace and justice, and strong institutions, 
partnerships to achieve goals. So that to fulfill the seventeen 
destination objectives, there are 169 targets expected to be 
completed by 2030 (Organization, 2016). Where precisely the 
goals for the environmental handling sector are expected to upgrade 
infrastructure and retrofit so that the resulting waste emissions can 
be controlled so that they can keep the environment clean through 
controlling CO2 emissions, Waste or Hazardous management, all 
of which can be implemented through product regulations that are 
conducive to the environment implemented.

2.2. Indonesian Environmental and Mining Activity 
Policy
Various products of environmental law in Indonesia as stated in 
presidential regulation No. 47 of 2005 concerning an amendment 
to the baseline convention on the control of transboundary 
hazardous wastes and their disposal. Regulation of the minister of 
environment No. 33 of 2009 concerning procedures for restoring 
land contaminated with dangerous and toxic material waste. 
Minister of environment regulation no. 30 of 2009 concerning 
the licensing and supervision of B3 waste management and 
monitoring of recovery due to pollution of B3 waste by the regional 
government. Whereas the right products relating to the regulation 
of mining activities include the government regulation of the 
Republic of Indonesia No. 22 of 2010 concerning mining areas, 
regulation of the Republic of Indonesia government regulation 
No. 78 of 2010 concerning reclamation and post-mining.

Regulations related to B3 and non-B3 waste under the Republic of 
Indonesia law, number 32 of 2009 which regulate environmental 



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protection and management and government regulation number 
101 of 2014 concerning B3 waste management, adds clarity and 
the existence of additional rules from existing regulations namely 
government regulation number 18 of 1999. Besides, several 
provisions were established to carry out international agreements 
related to B3 management including law number 10/2013 
concerning the Rotterdam convention, law number 19/2009 
concerning the stockholm convention, and presidential regulation 
number 47/2005 concerning the basel convention. To improve 
services in the management of B3 waste and non-B3 waste. Several 
policies are developed regarding waste management, namely:
1. LHK ministery regulation number: P.55/Menlhk-Setjen/2015 

concerning Procedures for characteristics of B3 waste test
2. LHK ministery regulation number: P.56/Menlhk-Setjen/2015 

concerning procedures and
3. Technical requirements for B3 waste management from health 

service facilities
4. Ministery of LHK regulation number: P.63/Menlhk/Setjen/

KUM.1/7/2016 concerning requirements and procedures for 
B3 waste stockpiling in final procurement facilities

5. Regulation of the director general of PSLB3 number: P.3/
PSLB3/VPLB3/PLB.3/6/2016 concerning trial

6. Electronic technical consultation for B3 waste management 
licenses

7. Regulation of the director general of PSLB3 number: P.1/
PSLB3/VPLB3/PLB.3/6/2016 concerning trial

8. Electronic manifest of transporting B3 waste
9. Regulation of the director general of PSLB3 Number: P.2/

PSLB3/VPLB3/PLB.3/6/2016 concerning Trial of B3 Waste 
Transport Tracking System

10. Circular of the director general of PSLB3 number: SE.10/
PSLB3/VPLB3/PLB.3/6/2016 concerning trial of electronic 
manifestation of B3 waste transport.

3. RESEARCH METHODS

This study approach uses the socio-legal research method on the 
implementation of laws regarding the effectiveness of the application 
of environmental law and environmental law administration in the 
scope of mining, mineral, and gas industry activities in Indonesia. 
Data collection uses some secondary data about the phenomena and 
violations of mining activities that are linked to the realization of 
the implementation of legal provisions in Indonesia.

4. RESULT AND DISCUSSION

4.1. Sources of B3 and Non-B3 in Indonesia
The waste comes from various human activities, which occur from 
waste material that is no longer used. Waste is generated from 

industrial events and domestic operations; here are some sources 
of waste. Table 2 explains in general about the rate of production 
of waste from some of the largest sources of GDP in Indonesia 
from 2000 to 2017.

4.1.1. Mining sector, energy and mineral
Mining activities are a significant contributor to liquid waste. The 
GDP generated from the mining and quarrying sector amounted 
to 167.7 trillion in 2000, increasing to 1,028.8 trillions in 2017 
(Badan Pusat Statistik, 2018). The development of the Energy 
and Mineral Mining industry rises the problem of waste. The 
sorting process uses a lot of water media, or even what is done 
in the river. As seen in gold mining, it immediately dumps the 
waste into the river without prior processing. Likewise, in coal 
mines, sludge containing toxic metals is far more dangerous than 
the purification process of gold mining using cyanide. These 
carcinogenic elements, when mixed with river water and used by 
the community, will reduce river water quality, causing severe 
health problems (Badan Pusat Statistik, 2018).

4.1.2. Agroindustry sector
The agro-industry sector also produces waste disposal from 
agricultural processes, both in the pre-harvest, harvest, and post-
harvest operations. As the largest producer of palm oil (CPO) 
in the world, Indonesia has the most extensive palm oil land in 
the world. The area of oil palm in Indonesia in 2016 reached 
6.46 million hectares, of which 89% was controlled by large 
private plantations. While other CPO and CPO production for 
the year reached 22.76 million tons, this waste contains very high 
organic material so that the level of pollution will be higher. Mainly 
because almost every palm oil industry is located near the river, 
and its liquid waste if left to form ammonia, which will threaten 
the life of aquatic biota and cause foul odors.

4.1.3. Manufactur sector
The number of large and medium industrial companies in 2000 
was 22 thousand companies, to 26 thousand in 2015, and 1 in 4 
companies were food processing industries, then the textile and 
apparel industries. Plus the number of micro-small companies 
that are very large in Indonesia, in 2010 has reached 2.7 million 
business units and in 5 years to 3.6 million units in 2015. Waste 
produced by factories is discharged into waterways such as sewers, 
times or river and ends at sea. This liquid waste is dangerous, and 
some can be neutralized quickly. Waste that is discharged into 
waterways without being treated first can cause water ecosystems 
to be damaged, even living things inside death.

Waste is a contributor to global warming emissions that cause 
global climate change. Climate change triggers natural disasters, 

Table 2: Sources of B3 and non-B3 in Indonesia
Sector with the largest GDP share % Rate of waste produced Rate of the ability of waste that can be processed
Manufacturing 20.2 366 ton per day 3% or just 10,98 ton per day
Agriculture, forestry and fishery 13.1
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of 
motor vehicles

10.4

Mining and quarrying 7.6
Source: (Badan Pusat Statistik, 2018)



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including floods, landslides, tornadoes, droughts, etc. Emissions in 
the waste sector tend to increase, in 2000, there were 60.1 million 
tons of CO2e released to the environment, and in 2016, it reached 
97.9 million tons of CO2e. In addition to natural disasters, waste 
is also related to technological disasters, especially mistakes in 
the management of B3 waste. Some cases of B3 pollution include 
instances of heavy metal pollution from electronic waste which 
poison children caused by lead waste in their area exceeding 
the WHO threshold (Badan Pusat Statistik, 2018). B3 wastes, 
especially heavy metals such as mercury, lead or dioxin substances, 
are toxic, carcinogenic (cause cancer), and mutagenic. Its external 
impact is the degradation of the environment and the health of the 
people living around it. Land, water, and the air around the waste 
processing site are generally contaminated with heavy metals and 
toxic compounds. Data shows that nearly 68% of river water quality 
in Indonesia is heavily polluted (Badan Pusat Statistik, 2018).

4.2. Management and Utilization of B3 Waste in the 
Mining, Energy and Mineral Sector
The B3 waste data managed in 2015 amounted to 125.54 million 
tons from 269 companies (Table 3). For 2016, there were 
78.36 million tons from 295 companies. While the amount of 
B3 waste managed in 2017 was 60.31 million tons from 262 
companies. The type of company that leads waste the most every 
year is engaged in the mining, energy and mineral subsector. 
The activity because the energy and mineral mining sector has a 
large work area and production capacity. But when compared to 
the target until 2019, the waste management position until 2017 
has not yet reached the goal. The cause of the target was not 
achieved because of the presence of B3 waste managed without 
permits, handed over to unauthorized third parties or open 
dumping (Badan Pusat Statistik, 2018).

4.3. Waste Management Efforts in Indonesia
First effort, waste management in Indonesia refers to 
Indonesian government regulation number 101 of 2014 stating 
that B3 waste management activities are a series of events 
which include reduction, storage, collection, transportation, 
utilization, the management or stockpiling. To ensure that 
each chain of B3 waste management is by the legal provisions. 
B3 waste managers must be equipped with a permit. One of 
the efforts to manage waste including the mining, energy 
and mineral industries in Indonesia is through the issuance 
of permits, as in 2015 the number of licenses issued to waste 
managers was 582 applicant issues and as many as 200 licenses 
had not been published or the comparison between the number 
of permits issued reached the target 74.4%. In 2016 the number 
of permits issued compared to 2015 increased to 639 licenses 
that had been issued, and 92 permits had not yet been issued or 
reached 87.4%. Whereas in 2017 it decreased from the previous 

year, namely 2016 to 439 issued licenses and 97 unpublished 
permits or an achieved target of 83.6%.

The second attempt is related to waste management in Indonesia, 
namely the recovery of B3 waste contaminated land. This is 
following Indonesian minister of environment regulation no. 18 
of 2015. As in 2015, the restoration of contaminated soil was 
389,354.07 tons with an area of 63,423.11 m2. In 2016 the land 
that was successfully restored decreased compared to 2015, which 
amounted to 213,433.17 tons with an area of 83,287.67 m2 and 
increased to 767,107.12 tons with a land area of 318,713.76 m2.

5. DISCUSSION

Enforcement of environmental law in Indonesia includes 
structuring and enforcement (compliance and implementation). 
When talking about administrative law enforcement, of course, 
it will discuss the facilities that can be used in law enforcement 
administration. The scope of regulatory law enforcement to 
make enforcement of environmental law can be useful can be 
achieved through two aspects, namely defensive efforts which 
include supervision to prevent violations that have the purpose of 
compliance with regulations. Second, repressive efforts through 
the application of sanctions to stop breaches and return to the 
situation before the abuse of legal norms.

To avoid repeated criminal prosecution, individuals who commit 
environmental pollution must stop the situation. Regarding the 
enforcement of local environmental law by the Government, it 
should be able to take environmental dispute settlement efforts 
by way of an environmental lawsuit to obtain compensation for 
victims of pollution due to illegal acts by polluters. Considering 
that ecological pollution activities harm many parties and 
ecosystems, the government can take the path by using (private 
prosecution) the perpetrators of environmental pollution, in this 
case, are companies that are active in the mining, energy and 
mineral industries through civil lines.

Administrative environmental law is the most substantial 
part, and environmental law consists of regulatory and legal 
provisions. These provisions, on the one hand, are the norms that 
bind citizens. On the other hand, the regulation also regulates 
the limits of authority and government organizations in terms of 
implementing material norms. If a provision of environmental law 
pertains to how licensing is granted, then this provision contains 
a material norm; an action is an act that is prohibited insofar as 
permission has not been obtained. Also, the same regulations, 
namely recognizing or giving authority to the government to 
give permits related to mining industry activities. Administrative 
sanctions are given if mining operators violate the rules after 
their business permit is issued. In other words, environmental 
law needs an integrated licensing system, meaning to prevent and 
eradicate or overcome ecological pollution problems. So that in 
taking a more comprehensive legal procedure, the government 
must reinforce environmental licensing procedures. The concrete 
steps that must be accompanied by the government as the licensor 
require the participation of the community and the study of science 
or technology. In the clause of the study of legal regulations that 

Table 3: Management and utilization of B3 waste in the 
mining, energy and mineral sector (million ton)
Sector 2015 2016 2017
Mining, energy and mineral 89,3 70,1 55,1
Infrastructure and services 33,2 1,1 3,6
Manufacture 2,2 5,5 1,2
Agroindustry 1,8 1,7 0.4
Source: Indonesian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2018 (Badan Pusat Statistik, 2018)



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involve many stakeholders (community, academics, government), 
it is necessary to consider several key points, namely: (1) How is 
the implementation of industrial activities so that the activation 
process does not cause pollution; (2). If there is contamination how 
to overcome it; (3). Supporting tools or instruments/facilities and 
infrastructure that need to be prepared to prevent pollution; (4). If 
the contamination is not overcome, how is the solution for the 
recovery of the environment; (5). How environmental restoration 
and monitoring is carried out; in what form pollution losses are 
carried out. Therefore, after the instrument has been arranged in the 
way of standard regulations and violations of permits continue to 
occur, the company can be given a cumulative sanction in the form 
of revocation of licenses, civil penalties, and criminal sanctions. 
If the environmental management law (UUPLH) is reviewed, 
it is evident that the punishments for enforcing administrative 
environment law are still limited to pouring, which is limited 
to coercive government (article 25 paragraph 1) in the form 
of “payments of certain money” (article 25 paragraph 5) and 
revocation of licenses (article 27).

Apart from that, regarding the enforcement of environmental 
law after administrative law can also lead to criminal law. The 
effectiveness of the application of sanctions and elements of 
criminal imposition for perpetrators of environmental pollution, 
the implementation and enforcement of criminal law for 
environmental law actors must pay attention to the severity of 
environmental pollution. Besides that, practical considerations 
sometimes must also be considered. Environmental codes related 
to evidence and determination of the causal relationship between 
polluting and polluted actions and procedures for prosecuting 
them are regulated by criminal law. The role of the investigator 
is very functional because it involves evidence or an instrument 
which is sometimes scientific (chemical). Besides that the proof 
of the causal relationship element is an obstacle for investigators, 
environmental pollution often occurs cumulatively, so it is difficult 
to prove the source of contamination is polluted because it is 
chemical. In theory ecological law, criminal and civil sanctions can 
be applied to environmental polluters by looking comprehensively, 
meaning that polluters can be given administrative sanctions. In the 
form of revocation of licenses as well as criminal penalties, even 
the principle primitive premium can be applied in environmental 
offenses, meaning people who violate permits, not the business 
license was revoked at the same time in criminal. The application 
of this sanction is emphasized considering that pollution is 
difficult to overcome or restore as before. Another road taken 
by the government to avoid environmental problems caused by 
increasingly uncontrolled mining activities is by utilizing private 
law. Civil sanctions in the form of compensation to the aggrieved 
party (community) through the application and effectiveness of 
the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) function.

6. CONCLUSION

The effectiveness of environmental law enforcement on the 
activities of the mining, gas, and mineral industry can run smoothly 
and smoothly concerning several fundamental aspects. On the 
other hand, mining activity is an effort to create jobs, improve 
the economy, which aims at equitable distribution of income 

through the absorption of labor in the sector of the mining industry. 
However, mining activities have two opposing sides, namely 
the principle of productivity as a positive side and the impact of 
pollution as a negative side. Therefore law enforcement is also 
endeavored to be fair to both companies/entrepreneurs in the 
mining, gas and mineral industry and even the community.

Environmental issues that are becoming a global issue require the 
government to take firm action against violators/perpetrators of 
environmental pollution to cause deterrent effects for others. The 
government can take legal steps through administrative, criminal, and 
civil considerations as a manifestation of creating environmentally 
friendly and sustainable production activities in the future.

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