Legal Accountability for Mining Business Permit Violations in Post Disaster Sumatra

Samuel Purba

doi:10.33019/jph.v4i1.169

Authors

Samuel Purba Universitas Bangka Belitung

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33019/jph.v4i1.169

Keywords:

Mining, Post Disaster, Mining Business Licenses

Abstract

Post disaster mining activities in Sumatra reveal numerous violations of mining business permits that heighten environmental risks and endanger local communities. This study examines the issue using a normative legal approach by reviewing laws, technical mining regulations, environmental provisions, court decisions, and academic literature as primary data sources, which are classified and analyzed through statutory methods and both vertical and horizontal synchronization to identify normative gaps, authority mismatches, and weaknesses in oversight. The analysis shows that many companies continue operating despite unsafe post-disaster conditions, neglect rehabilitation obligations, delay risk reporting, and leave unstable mining structures unattended. Law enforcement is hindered by overlapping authorities, limited mine inspectors, local political-economic influence, and the weak bargaining position of affected communities, indicating that the formal legal framework has yet to provide effective control. Strengthening accountability mechanisms is therefore necessary through reassessing post-disaster permits, employing monitoring technologies, and applying sanctions more consistently so that mining activities do not exacerbate disaster impacts and can ensure environmental protection and public safety.

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