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<br>By Leah Douglas<br>
<br>Aug 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has actually [introduced investigations](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) into the supply chains of a minimum of 2 sustainable [fuel producers](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) in the middle of market concerns that some might be utilizing deceptive feedstocks for [biodiesel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) to [protect rewarding](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) federal government subsidies.<br>
<br>EPA representative Jeffrey Landis told [Reuters](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) that the firm has introduced audits over the past year, but [decreased](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) to determine the business targeted because the [examinations](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) are ongoing.<br>
<br>The production of [biodiesel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) from sustainable ingredients, like used cooking oil, can earn refiners a variety of state and federal environmental and environment subsidies, including tradable [credits](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) under a program administered by the EPA called the Renewable Fuel Standard. But fears have been that some supplies labeled as used cooking oil are in fact more affordable and less [sustainable virgin](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) palm oil, a product that is associated with [deforestation](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) and other ecological damage.<br>
<br>The issue entered into focus following a rise in [utilized cooking](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) oil exports from Asia over the last few years that analysts have said involves unrealistically high volumes relative to the quantity of cooking oil utilized and [recuperated](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) in the region. The European Union is also investigating feedstocks over the [fraud concerns](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html).<br>
<br>The [EPA audits](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) began after the agency updated domestic [supply-chain accounting](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) [requirements](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) in July 2023 for renewable fuel manufacturers looking for to make credits under the RFS, he stated.<br>
<br>"EPA has actually carried out audits of sustainable fuel manufacturers considering that July 2023 that includes, amongst other things, an evaluation of the areas that used cooking oil used in eco-friendly fuel production was collected," he stated. "These examinations, however, are continuous and we are not able to go over ongoing enforcement investigations."<br>
<br>U.S. senators from farm states have actually called for more [oversight](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) of [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) feedstocks, saying federal firms must be as [strenuous](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) 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 manufacturers, and it is crucial that the same analysis is used to imported feedstocks," 6 U.S. senators, led by Roger Marshall and Sherrod Brown, composed in a June 20 letter to federal firms.<br>
<br>Another letter from 15 senators to the Treasury Department on July 30 advised the administration to leave out imported feedstocks like UCO from an extra clean fuel tax credit program passed in the Inflation Reduction Act. ([Reporting](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) by Leah Douglas in Washington Editing by Richard Valdmanis and Matthew Lewis)<br>