Any person who violates any provision of this title or any regulation or order issued pursuant to this act by the commissioner or the agency may be compelled to comply with or obey the same by injunction, mandamus or other appropriate remedy. In addition, any such person shall pay a civil penalty of not less than one hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars for each day of such violation. The commissioner or the agency as the case may be, is authorized to commence a civil action to recover such civil penalties or other appropriate relief.
N.Y. Envtl. Conserv. Law § 15-2723