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<br>By Leah Douglas<br>
<br>Aug 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. [Environmental Protection](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) Agency has actually introduced investigations into the supply chains of at least 2 renewable fuel producers amid market concerns that some might be utilizing fraudulent feedstocks for [biodiesel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) to protect financially [rewarding](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) [federal government](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) aids.<br>
<br>[EPA spokesperson](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) [Jeffrey](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) Landis [Reuters](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) that the agency has released audits over the past year, however [decreased](https://www.abnnewswire.net/companies/en/31347/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97-Mission-NewEnergy-%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94.html/4) to [recognize](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) the business targeted because the examinations are continuous.<br>
<br>The production of [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) from sustainable active ingredients, like used cooking oil, can make [refiners](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) a slew of state and federal ecological and environment subsidies, consisting of tradable credits under a program administered by the EPA called the Renewable Fuel Standard. But worries have been installing that some products identified as utilized cooking oil are really more affordable and less sustainable virgin palm oil, a product that is connected with deforestation and other [environmental damage](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048).<br>
<br>The issue came into focus following a surge in utilized cooking oil exports from Asia in recent years that analysts have actually stated includes unrealistically high volumes relative to the quantity of cooking oil used and [recovered](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) in the area. The European Union is likewise investigating feedstocks over the [scams concerns](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).<br>
<br>The EPA audits began after the firm updated domestic supply-chain accounting requirements in July 2023 for sustainable fuel producers seeking to earn credits under the RFS, he said.<br>
<br>"EPA has conducted audits of sustainable fuel manufacturers given that July 2023 which includes, to name a few things, an evaluation of the locations that utilized cooking oil used in sustainable fuel production was gathered," he stated. "These investigations, however, are ongoing and we are unable to discuss continuous enforcement examinations."<br>
<br>U.S. senators from farm states have actually required more oversight of [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) feedstocks, stating federal firms ought to be as rigorous in confirming imports as they are auditing domestic supply chains.<br>
<br>"The Biden administration has developed vigorous requirements to validate, not just trust, American producers, and it is vital that the exact same analysis is applied to imported feedstocks," six U.S. senators, led by Roger Marshall and Sherrod Brown, composed in a June 20 letter to federal companies.<br>
<br>Another letter from 15 senators to the Treasury Department on July 30 urged the [administration](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) to [omit imported](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) [feedstocks](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) like UCO from an extra clean fuel tax credit program passed in the [Inflation Reduction](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) Act. ([Reporting](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) by Leah Douglas in Washington Editing by Richard [Valdmanis](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) and Matthew Lewis)<br>