Environmental Management and Monitoring Effort (UKL-UPL) is one of important instruments for maintaining environmental impact management. however, the effort has not been properly implemented in Magelang territory, according to data reported by the Municipal Office of Environmental Affairs of Magelang. It is disappointing that the local initiators did not give any routine report concerning the implementation progress. This study aimed to analyze degree of compliance and problems faced by the environmental initiators in implementing the UKL-UPL as well as monitoring by the Municipal Office of Environmental Affairs of Magelang. The study was obtained by an observation method using a prescriptive analytical approach based on qualitative data. Result of the study showed that the initiators' lacking degree of compliance had caused poor quality of the environmental management and monitoring. Problems that faced the initiators included 1) poor awareness of the importance of preserving and sustaining the environment for common good, 2) poor quality of human resource and facilities, and 3) lacking budget. The Municipal Office of Environmental Affairs of Magelang had not performed monitoring properly. Both monitoring and co-ordination were still reactionary whenever a problem arose