JURIDICAL ANALYSIS OF PREVENTION OF MARINE POLLUTION FROM A PROTECTION PERSPECTIVE CAPABILITY OF SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTIONS (RESEARCH STUDY AT THE BATAM SPECIAL HARBORMASTER AND PORT AUTHORITY (KSOP) OFFICE)

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According to the final report of DKP (Department of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries), shipping activities threaten the occurrence of pollution from ports, oil spills, shipwrecks disposal, garbage disposal from ships, and the direct result of throwing ship anchors and cleaning ship tanks. The purpose of this research is to find out the legal regulation on the prevention of marine pollution in the perspective of protecting the ability of a sustainable environmental function. At the Batam Special Port Authority and Harbormaster Office. and, to find out the implementation of constraints and solutions for preventing marine pollution in the perspective of protecting the ability of the environment to function sustainably. This study uses a type of research using normative. The normative legal research method, commonly referred to as legal research is only aimed at written regulations that are very closely related to the library because it will require secondary data in the library. The results of the study are that first, the legal regulation of prevention of marine pollution, in the perspective of protecting the ability of environmental functions, is regulated in Law Number 32 of 2009 Article 3 letter (a). In addition article 329 of Law Number 17 of 2008 concerning shipping states that anyone who transports B3 waste without regard to the ship’s specifications will be subject to a maximum of 2 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 300 million. Second, implementation of obstacle and solution factors, namely lack of public awareness, disobedience of industrial players to the law, increasing population growth, low education level, prevention and control of pollution from ship operations, prevention and control of port activities. For this reason, it is necessary to unify legal regulations so that there is no sectoral ego between each law enforcer at sea regarding handling the problem of seawater pollution. In overcoming the constraint factors, it is necessary to increase public awareness to care about the marine environment, and take firm action against shipbuilding companies in Batam that cause pollution of the maritime environment.

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