If a proceeding is instituted by a local board of health or county health department, notice thereof shall be served upon the department in the same manner as if the department were a named party to the action or proceeding. The department may intervene as a matter of right in any proceeding brought by a local board of health or county health department.
Any person who violates an administrative order issued pursuant to subsection c. of this section, or a court order issued pursuant to subsection d. of this section, or who fails to pay an administrative assessment in full pursuant to subsection e. of this section is subject upon order of a court to a civil penalty not to exceed $100,000.00 per day of such violations.
Any penalty imposed pursuant to this subsection may be collected with costs in a summary proceeding pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). The Superior Court and the municipal court shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of "the penalty enforcement law" in connection with this act.
N.J.S. § 13:1E-135.5