Any junkyard or scrap metal processing facility, established or maintained in violation of sections 13a-123c to 13a-123j, inclusive, or any regulation adopted thereunder, is declared to be a public nuisance and the Commissioner of Transportation may request the Attorney General to initiate proceedings at law or in equity to abate the nuisance, if, after said commissioner has given thirty days’ notice, by certified mail, to the owner of the property on which such junkyard or scrap metal processing facility is located, such owner has not removed the same.