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<br>By Leah Douglas<br>
<br>Aug 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Epa has actually [launched investigations](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) into the [supply chains](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) of at least two renewable fuel producers amidst market concerns that some may be utilizing deceptive feedstocks for [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) to secure rewarding federal government subsidies.<br>
<br>EPA representative Jeffrey Landis told [Reuters](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) that the agency has actually introduced audits over the previous year, however decreased to identify the [business targeted](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) due to the fact that the examinations are continuous.<br>
<br>The production of [biodiesel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) from sustainable ingredients, like used [cooking](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) oil, can earn refiners a [multitude](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) of state and federal ecological and environment aids, [consisting](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) of tradable credits under a program [administered](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) by the EPA called the Renewable Fuel Standard. But worries have actually been [installing](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) that some products labeled as utilized cooking oil are actually less expensive and less [sustainable virgin](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) palm oil, an item that is associated with deforestation and other environmental damage.<br>
<br>The issue entered focus following a rise in [utilized cooking](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) oil exports from Asia recently that experts have actually stated includes unrealistically high volumes relative to the quantity of cooking oil utilized and recovered in the area. The European Union is also investigating feedstocks over the fraud concerns.<br>
<br>The EPA audits started after the agency upgraded accounting requirements in July 2023 for renewable fuel producers seeking to [earn credits](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) under the RFS, he stated.<br>
<br>"EPA has actually conducted audits of sustainable fuel producers because July 2023 that includes, amongst other things, an evaluation of the places that used cooking oil utilized in renewable fuel production was collected," he said. "These examinations, nevertheless, are ongoing and we are unable to go over ongoing enforcement examinations."<br>
<br>U.S. senators from farm states have required more oversight of [biofuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) feedstocks, saying federal companies must be as rigorous in verifying imports as they are auditing [domestic supply](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) chains.<br>
<br>"The Biden administration has actually developed energetic standards to validate, not just trust, American producers, and it is essential that the very same analysis is used to imported feedstocks," six U.S. senators, led by Roger Marshall and Sherrod Brown, composed in a June 20 letter to federal agencies.<br>
<br>Another letter from 15 senators to the Treasury Department on July 30 advised the [administration](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) to [exclude imported](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) feedstocks like UCO from an additional tidy fuel tax credit program passed in the Inflation Reduction Act. (Reporting by Leah Douglas in [Washington](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) Editing by [Richard Valdmanis](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) and [Matthew](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) Lewis)<br>