The purpose of this study is to analyze and study the process of rock mining permit including the effectiveness and benefit from policy implementation related to the abolition of the authority of regency/city government in the rock mining activity after the enactment of Law Number 23 of 2014 in Subang Regency. The method used in this study is a qualitative method by interviewing parties related and literature review. The results of the study indicate that there are differences in the duration of the permit for rock mining due to differences in the process of issuing rock mining permits before and after the authority of the management of rock mining by the province. The social impact of the transfer of authority over the management of rock mining does not affect the surrounding community. This is due to the coordination and written agreements between the entrepreneur and the community related to the social responsibility management of the entrepreneur to the community.

The purpose of this study was to find a model for optimizing rock mining licensing in the Subang Regency area after the enactment of the law of the Republic of Indonesia number 23 of 2014. The method used in this study was a qualitative method by interviewing relevant parties and searching literature. The results showed that the implementation of the policy on the issuance of rock mining permits in the Subang regency region after the enactment of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23 of 2014 was not running optimally, it was influenced by several factors such as the presence of actors consisting of Bureaucracy, Entrepreneurs and Communities having different interests but mutually related to one another in the process of issuing a rock mining permit after the authority to manage the rock mine was carried out by the province of West Java. The optimization model for the issuance of rock mining permits in the Subang Regency of West Java Province can be applied by focusing on the aspects of good and dynamic processes with the principles of governance of the environmental environment on the elements of actors, interests & relations.