The title of legal writing in this study is the control of environmental damage due
to illegal sand mining in Pasir Sakti District, East Lampung Regency, where the
problem in this study is environmental damage due to illegal sand mining. The
purpose of this study was to determine how to control environmental damage due
to illegal sand mining and what are the obstacles in controlling environmental
damage due to illegal sand mining. Control includes prevention, countermeasures
and recovery. The writing of this law uses the empirical writing method wherein
this writing takes into account social facts in the field and the data is obtained from
several interviews with respondents, books, and sources of information. The
conclusion of this research is that the Environmental Service of East Lampung
Regency in the implementation of control has not been implemented optimally
where control in the form of prevention already exists in the form of instruments or
regulations, control in the form of countermeasures is in the implementation
process while control in the form of recovery has not been implemented at all
because of the formation of divisions The control of environmental damage and
environmental pollution in the Environmental Service of East Lampung Regency
was only formed in 2018 and there are several obstacles in the field. Even so, the
Environmental Agency of East Lampung Regency has done its best. The author has
suggestions to the environmental service of East Lampung Regency and local
government to control environmental damage as much as possible as a form of the
impact of illegal sand mining activities / activities in Pasir Sakti District, East
Lampung Regency.