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<br>By Leah Douglas<br>
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<br>Aug 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. [Environmental Protection](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) Agency has actually [introduced examinations](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) into the [supply chains](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) of a minimum of two [sustainable fuel](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) producers in the middle of industry issues that some may be using deceitful feedstocks for [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) to secure lucrative government subsidies.<br>
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<br>EPA representative Jeffrey Landis informed Reuters that the company has released audits over the previous year, but decreased to identify the business targeted due to the fact that the [examinations](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) are ongoing.<br>
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<br>The production of [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) from sustainable active ingredients, like used cooking oil, can make [refiners](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) a [variety](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) of state and federal ecological and [climate](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) aids, consisting of tradable credits under a program administered by the EPA called the Renewable Fuel Standard. But [worries](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) have actually been mounting that some supplies labeled as [utilized](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) cooking oil are really [cheaper](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) and less [sustainable virgin](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) palm oil, a product that is connected with deforestation and other environmental damage.<br>
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<br>The concern came into focus following a surge in utilized cooking oil exports from Asia over the last few years that experts have said involves unrealistically high volumes relative to the amount of cooking oil utilized and recuperated in the region. The European Union is likewise investigating feedstocks over the fraud concerns.<br>
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<br>The EPA audits began after the agency upgraded domestic supply-chain accounting requirements in July 2023 for [renewable fuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) producers looking for to earn credits under the RFS, he said.<br>
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<br>"EPA has actually carried out audits of eco-friendly fuel manufacturers since July 2023 that includes, to name a few things, an examination of the places that utilized cooking oil used in eco-friendly fuel production was gathered," he said. "These examinations, however, are continuous and we are unable to talk about continuous enforcement examinations."<br>
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<br>U.S. senators from farm states have required more oversight of [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) feedstocks, stating federal firms should be as rigorous in verifying imports as they are auditing [domestic supply](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) chains.<br>
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<br>"The Biden administration has actually produced energetic requirements to verify, not simply trust, American producers, and it is necessary that the exact same examination is used to imported feedstocks," six U.S. senators, led by [Roger Marshall](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) and Sherrod Brown, in a June 20 letter to federal firms.<br>
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<br>Another letter from 15 senators to the Treasury Department on July 30 urged the administration to omit imported feedstocks like UCO from an [extra tidy](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) fuel tax credit program passed in the [Inflation Reduction](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) Act. ([Reporting](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) by Leah Douglas in Washington Editing by Richard Valdmanis and Matthew Lewis)<br>
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