PENCEMARAN LAUT DITINJAU DARI SUDUT HUKUM LINGKUNGAN (Studi Kasus Tumpahan Batu Bara Di Laut Meulaboh)

Abstract

West Aceh has an area of 12 miles of sea covering 957.38 km2 and 54.84 km of coastline which is administratively West Aceh Regency is divided into 12 District, 33 settlements, and 322 villages. Sea Pollution under Government Regulation No.19 / 1999 on Pollution Control and / or Sea Destruction: "The entry or inclusion of living things, substances, energies, and / or other components into the marine environment by human activities so that their quality falls to some extent causing the marine environment is no longer in compliance with the quality standards and / or functions ". The mining activities become one of the other causes of sea water pollution in West Aceh, both legal and illegal mining activities currently underway. One of the most phenomenal is coal mining that had fussed West Aceh residents. The waste that contains pollutants then into the coastal and marine ecosystems. Some are soluble in water, some are submerged to the bottom and are concentrated to the sediment, and some enter into the body tissues of marine organisms (including phytoplankton, fish, shrimp, squid, shellfish, seaweed and others). Then, the pollutants that enter the water are absorbed directly by phytoplankton.

Keywords: Pollution, Sea, Law, Aceh Barat, Coal Mine