 In November 2008 , Hershey Creamery Company became the first company in the nation to be prosecuted and fined for failing to implement a Risk Management Program ( RMP ) as required by the Clean Air Act . The charges were brought by the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) , which stated that the company failed to develop the required plans with regard to its storage and use of anhydrous ammonia , which is a regulated substance . In the charges , the EPA noted that the creamery twice certified that it had developed the RMP plan , once in 1999 and again in 2004 . Later inspection showed that the certifications were false and on December 7 , 2006 , the EPA issued a civil compliance order against the company , ordering the company to come into compliance . Hershey Creamery complied and in April 2007 submitted the appropriate <unk> , which were confirmed to be in @-@ place through subsequent inspection . The case was heard at the Federal Middle District court of Pennsylvania , with Hershey Creamery pleading guilty to the charges ; it was subsequently fined $ 100 @,@ 000 and given a year probation . 
