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By Leah Douglas
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Aug 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. [Environmental Protection](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) Agency has actually [launched investigations](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) into the supply chains of a minimum of 2 fuel manufacturers in the middle of industry issues that some may be using deceitful feedstocks for [biodiesel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) to secure financially [rewarding federal](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) government subsidies.
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EPA spokesperson Jeffrey Landis informed Reuters that the firm has released audits over the previous year, but declined to identify the [companies targeted](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) since the [examinations](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) are ongoing.
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The production of [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) from sustainable ingredients, like utilized cooking oil, can make refiners a variety of state and federal environmental and environment aids, consisting of tradable credits under a program administered by the EPA called the [Renewable Fuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) Standard. But fears have been installing that some supplies labeled as used cooking oil are actually less [expensive](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) and less sustainable virgin palm oil, a product that is associated with deforestation and other environmental damage.
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The problem entered into focus following a surge in [utilized cooking](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) oil exports from Asia recently that [experts](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) have said includes unrealistically high [volumes relative](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) to the amount of cooking oil used and [recuperated](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) in the region. The European Union is likewise investigating feedstocks over the fraud issues.
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The EPA audits started after the company upgraded domestic supply-chain accounting requirements in July 2023 for eco-friendly fuel [producers](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) looking for to make credits under the RFS, he said.
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"EPA has performed audits of sustainable fuel producers considering that July 2023 that includes, among other things, an assessment of the places that used cooking oil utilized in renewable fuel production was gathered," he said. "These examinations, however, are ongoing and we are unable to talk about continuous enforcement investigations."
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U.S. senators from farm states have actually called for more oversight of [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) feedstocks, saying federal firms need to be as [rigorous](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) in verifying imports as they are [auditing domestic](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) supply chains.
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"The Biden administration has actually developed vigorous requirements to validate, not simply trust, American manufacturers, and it is necessary that the very same examination is applied to imported feedstocks," six U.S. senators, led by Roger Marshall and [Sherrod](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) Brown, wrote in a June 20 letter to [federal firms](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053).
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Another letter from 15 senators to the Treasury Department on July 30 advised the [administration](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) to leave out imported feedstocks like UCO from an [additional clean](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) fuel tax credit program passed in the Inflation Reduction Act. (Reporting by Leah Douglas in Washington Editing by Richard Valdmanis and Matthew Lewis)
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