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By Leah Douglas
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Aug 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has actually introduced investigations into the supply chains of at least two renewable fuel manufacturers amid market issues that some may be utilizing deceptive feedstocks for [biodiesel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) to [protect financially](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) rewarding federal [government](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) subsidies.
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EPA spokesperson Jeffrey Landis [informed](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) Reuters that the company has [released audits](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) over the past year, but declined to [determine](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) the business targeted since the investigations are continuous.
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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 earn refiners a multitude of state and federal ecological and environment aids, consisting of tradable credits under a program administered by the EPA called the Renewable Fuel [Standard](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html). But fears have been installing that some products identified as [utilized cooking](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) oil are in fact less expensive and less sustainable virgin palm oil, an item that is connected with logging and other environmental damage.
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The problem entered focus following a rise in used cooking oil exports from Asia in recent years that experts have actually stated involves unrealistically high volumes relative to the quantity of [cooking oil](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) used and in the region. The [European Union](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) is likewise [investigating](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) feedstocks over the [fraud issues](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy).
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The EPA audits began after the agency upgraded domestic supply-chain accounting requirements in July 2023 for [sustainable fuel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) producers looking for to earn credits under the RFS, he stated.
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"EPA has actually carried out audits of sustainable fuel producers given that July 2023 that includes, to name a few things, an assessment of the locations that utilized cooking oil used in renewable fuel production was collected," he stated. "These examinations, nevertheless, are ongoing and we are not able to go over ongoing enforcement examinations."
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U.S. senators from farm states have required more oversight of [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) feedstocks, saying federal agencies should be as [rigorous](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) in validating imports as they are auditing domestic supply chains.
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"The Biden administration has actually created vigorous standards to validate, not simply trust, American manufacturers, and it is crucial that the same scrutiny is used to imported feedstocks," six U.S. senators, led by Roger Marshall and Sherrod Brown, wrote in a June 20 letter to federal companies.
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Another letter from 15 senators to the Treasury Department on July 30 prompted the administration to exclude imported [feedstocks](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) like UCO from an additional tidy fuel tax credit program passed in the Inflation Reduction Act. (Reporting by [Leah Douglas](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) in [Washington Editing](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) by [Richard Valdmanis](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) and [Matthew](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) Lewis)
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