Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act Article 54

(a) When a public or private premise violates this Act or a regulation prescribed pursuant to the authorization of this Act and the competent authority is negligent in enforcement thereof, victims or public interest groups may notify the competent authority in writing stating the specific contents of the negligence in enforcement. When a competent authority has failed to carry out enforcement in accordance with the law within sixty days after receipt of the written notification, the victims or public interest groups may designate the competent authority at issue as a defendant and file a lawsuit directly with an administrative court based on the negligent behavior of the competent authority in the execution of its duties in order to seek a judgment ordering the competent authority to carry out enforcement.(b) When rendering a judgment on the lawsuit in the preceding paragraph, the administrative court pursuant to its authority may order the defendant agency to pay the appropriate lawyer fees, detection and appraisal fees, and other litigation costs to plaintiffs that have made specific contributions to soil or groundwater pollution remediation.(c) The central competent authority shall prescribe the format of the written notification in paragraph 1.