Indonesia is a country rich in natural resources. One of the natural resources
owned by the Indonesian state is in the mining sector. However, in managing
these resources, they often do not care about the environment. Massive
exploitation carried out with large tools to get maximum results often damages the
infrastructure around the mining environment. The problem in this research is
how to control environmental damage due to sand mining and what obstacles are
faced in implementing environmental damage control. This research is an
empirical legal research. Damage control efforts have been made by PT. Jogo
Adik by carrying out mining activities in an area designated as a Mining Area in
the Regional Regulation. As well as receiving supervision from the
Environmental Service in the implementation of mining activities. There are
several obstacles in efforts to control environmental damage due to mining
activities. Some of these obstacles include the limitation and indecisiveness of the
Environmental Service in imposing sanctions on mining business actors who
violate it. Another obstacle is that there are two conflicts of interest in efforts to
control environmental damage and the social life of the community around the
mine who make mining activities their main livelihood.