Abstract:

There Mining authority lies with the central government while activities are in the district/city, this causes environmental damage. The aims of this study are (1) to describe the policies of the Regional Government in mineral and coal mining activities based on the principles of sustainable development? (2) Describe the Local Governments Efforts in Upholding Environmental Protection in Mineral and Coal Mining Activities for Sustainable Development. The method used is a normative approach or statutory approach. The results of this study are (1) The form of policies that regulate mining is not in accordance with the goals of the Indonesian state, not in sync with the principles of sustainable development. Existing authorities are unclear, and there is still overlapping authority between the central government and regional governments. (2) Regional government authorities in the mining sector are still overlapping and out of sync. Therefore, local governments cannot enforce the law, whether it is administrative, criminal or civil law enforcement.

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