(a) Whenever the department finds that air pollution or danger of air pollution is or may be resulting from an air contamination source in the Commonwealth, the department may order the owner or operator to take corrective action in a manner satisfactory to the department, or it may order the owner or operator to allow access to the land by the department or a third party to take such action.

(b) For purposes of collecting or recovering the costs involved in taking corrective action or pursuing a cost recovery action pursuant to an order or recovering the cost of litigation, oversight, monitoring, sampling, testing and investigation related to a corrective action, the department may collect the amount in the same manner as civil penalties are assessed and collected following the process for assessment and collection of a civil penalty contained in section 9.1.¹