摘要:The economic growth of the City of Semarang is influenced by the development of the manufacturing/ construction industry and construction has an effect on increasing pollution and/ or environmental damage. For this reason, one of the Government's efforts to provide protection and living environment management for its citizens is through environmental law enforcement. The main objective of law enforcement in cases of pollution and/ or environmental damage is to restore the environmental ecosystem and to improve the quality of the environment. Administrative legal instruments are considered the most appropriate for this purpose, because the characteristics of administrative sanctions are preventive through supervision and licensing and are repressive through the application of administrative sanctions. This study aims to find out how the enforcement of environmental law through administrative law, how the implementation of administrative sanctions as one of the instruments of law enforcement for environmental administration and inhibiting factors in its application. This research uses the literature method by studying books, laws and regulations and other written materials related to the discussion material.