Any person or municipality who causes a public nuisance shall be liable for the costs of abatement. The department, any Commonwealth agency, or any municipality which undertakes to abate a public nuisance may recover the costs of abatement in an action in equity brought before any court of competent jurisdiction. In addition, the Environmental Hearing Board is hereby given jurisdiction over actions by the department to recover the costs of abatement.
35 P.S. § 6018.613