>>> If these laws are violated, the state authorities have the power to take legal actions to enforce them. Nowhere is there any express private right of action

>>> If these laws are violated, the state authorities have the power to take legal actions to enforce them. Nowhere is there any express private right of action that gives any private citizen the right to file suit complaining about alleged violations of these laws. What? Why is this the case? Is this the same reason why citizens/competitors/the Sierra Club can not sue BP or Massey Energy for pollution or workplace safety violations? (If 50% of the damages came out of the EPA/OSHA chief regulator's salary I would get behind these suits.) Is there a distinction here between suing the violators than suing the government? Civil suits are for more than contract enforcement, right? What are the general legal terms I should be searching with to learn more?