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<br>By Leah Douglas<br>
<br>Aug 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. [Environmental Protection](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) Agency has actually released investigations into the supply chains of at least 2 [sustainable](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) fuel [manufacturers](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) in the middle of [market issues](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) that some may be using fraudulent feedstocks for [biodiesel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) to secure rewarding [federal](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) government subsidies.<br>
<br>[EPA spokesperson](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) Jeffrey Landis told Reuters that the firm has actually launched audits over the past year, but decreased to [identify](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) the [business targeted](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) since the examinations are continuous.<br>
<br>The production of [biodiesel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) from sustainable components, like used cooking oil, can make refiners a [variety](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) of state and federal ecological and environment subsidies, consisting of [tradable credits](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) under a by the EPA called the Renewable Fuel Standard. But fears have been installing that some [products labeled](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) as [utilized](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) cooking oil are actually cheaper and less sustainable virgin palm oil, a product that is related to logging and other environmental damage.<br>
<br>The issue came into focus following a rise in utilized cooking oil exports from Asia recently that analysts have said [involves unrealistically](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) high volumes relative to the quantity of cooking oil utilized and recovered in the region. The European Union is likewise examining feedstocks over the scams issues.<br>
<br>The [EPA audits](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) started after the agency updated [domestic supply-chain](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) accounting requirements in July 2023 for sustainable fuel producers seeking to earn credits under the RFS, he stated.<br>
<br>"EPA has actually carried out audits of renewable fuel producers since July 2023 that includes, among other things, an assessment of the areas that used cooking oil used in sustainable fuel production was collected," he said. "These examinations, nevertheless, are ongoing and we are unable to discuss ongoing enforcement examinations."<br>
<br>U.S. senators from farm states have required more oversight of [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) feedstocks, stating federal companies need to be as rigorous in validating imports as they are auditing domestic supply chains.<br>
<br>"The Biden administration has actually produced energetic requirements to confirm, not just trust, American producers, and it is vital that the very same scrutiny is used 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](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) to the Treasury Department on July 30 advised the administration to exclude imported [feedstocks](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) like UCO from an additional tidy fuel tax credit program passed in the Inflation Reduction Act. ([Reporting](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) by Leah Douglas in Washington Editing by Richard Valdmanis and Matthew Lewis)<br>