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+<br>By Leah Douglas<br>
+<br>Aug 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has actually released examinations into the supply chains of a minimum of two [renewable fuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) [producers](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) in the middle of industry concerns that some might be utilizing deceptive feedstocks for [biodiesel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) to secure rewarding government subsidies.<br>
+<br>[EPA spokesperson](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) Jeffrey Landis informed Reuters that the company has introduced audits over the previous year, however [decreased](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) to determine the business targeted since the examinations are continuous.<br>
+<br>The [production](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) of [biodiesel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) from sustainable ingredients, like used cooking oil, can make [refiners](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) a slew of state and federal environmental and [environment](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) aids, consisting of tradable credits under a program  by the EPA called the Renewable Fuel Standard. But fears have been installing that some [supplies identified](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) as [utilized](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) [cooking oil](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) are actually less [expensive](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) and less [sustainable virgin](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) palm oil, an item that is [connected](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) with [deforestation](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) and other ecological damage.<br>
+<br>The issue entered focus following a rise in utilized cooking oil exports from Asia in current years that analysts have actually stated involves unrealistically high volumes relative to the quantity of cooking oil utilized and recovered in the region. The European Union is also examining feedstocks over the scams issues.<br>
+<br>The EPA audits began after the firm updated domestic supply-chain accounting requirements in July 2023 for sustainable fuel producers seeking to make credits under the RFS, he said.<br>
+<br>"EPA has actually conducted audits of sustainable fuel producers considering that July 2023 which includes, among other things, an assessment of the places that used cooking oil utilized in sustainable fuel production was gathered," he stated. "These examinations, however, are ongoing and we are unable to talk about ongoing enforcement investigations."<br>
+<br>U.S. senators from farm states have required more oversight of [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) feedstocks, saying federal companies need to be as extensive in confirming imports as they are auditing domestic supply chains.<br>
+<br>"The Biden administration has actually created vigorous requirements to verify, not just trust, American manufacturers, and it is vital that the exact same examination is used to imported feedstocks," 6 U.S. senators, led by Roger Marshall and Sherrod Brown, [composed](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) in a June 20 letter to [federal firms](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).<br>
+<br>Another letter from 15 [senators](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) to the Treasury Department on July 30 advised the administration to leave out imported feedstocks like UCO from an [extra tidy](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)<br>