[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: "Court orders Environment Ministry to disclose results of contamination survey in Bupyeong US military base, " South Korea

[Lenny Siegel]

Court orders Environment Ministry to disclose results of contamination survey in Bupyeong US military base
Inflicts penalty of 3 mil. won for each day after 30-day grace period

By Lee Jeong-ha
Hankyoreh (S. Korea)
November 8,2018 


An indirect compulsion request filed by an environmental group against the Ministry of Environment after its refusal to disclose the findings of an environmental contamination survey on a US military base in Incheon’s Bupyeong district was accepted by a court.

Based on Article 34 of the Administrative Litigation Act (Indirect Compulsion of Judgment on Revocation of Refusal Disposition), the indirect compulsion system allows a court to order compensation for delays related to an administrative agencies failure to comply with a ruling. Following the court’s decision, the Ministry of Environment will have to pay the environmental group 3 million won (US$2,680) for each day after the 30-day grace period that elapses without it disclosing the information in question.

In response to the indirect compulsion request filed against the ministry by the Incheon chapter of Green Korea, the 13th division of Seoul Administrative Court under Hon. Judge Yu Jin-hyeon ruled that the ministry “must pay the Incheon chapter of Green Korea the amount of 3 million won per day as of the 31st day if it does not disclose the results of the Bupyeong military base environment contamination survey within 30 days.”

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For the entire article, see
http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/869445.html

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