Any person who violates any of the provisions of any regulation promulgated by the commissioner under authority of paragraph y of subdivision one of section 3-0301 shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five hundred dollars for each such violation and an additional penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each day during which such violation continues, and, in addition thereto, such persons may be enjoined from continuing such violation. Penalties and injunctive relief provided herein shall be recoverable in an action brought by the attorney general at the request and in the name of the commissioner.