Hess refinery in New Jersey has to install $45 million in pollution controls

The company will pay an $850,000 penalty if the deal is approved by a federal judge.

Federal regulators say Hess has agreed to spend more than $45 million in new pollution controls to resolve Clean Air Act violations at its Woodbridge, N.J., refinery.

The company also will pay an $850,000 penalty as part of the settlement, which must be approved by a federal judge.

The Environmental Protection Agency alleged Hess modified its Port Reading facility without obtaining pre-construction permits and installing required pollution control equipment.

The U.S. Justice Department says the controls required by the settlement are estimated to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide and result in additional reductions of volatile organic compounds.