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By Leah Douglas

Aug 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Epa has actually released examinations into the supply chains of at least two eco-friendly fuel producers amidst market issues that some may be utilizing fraudulent feedstocks for biodiesel to protect rewarding federal government aids.

EPA representative Jeffrey Landis told Reuters that the agency has introduced audits over the past year, however decreased to identify the business targeted since the examinations are continuous.

The production of biodiesel from sustainable active ingredients, like utilized cooking oil, can earn refiners a slew of state and federal ecological and environment aids, consisting of tradable credits under a program administered by the EPA called the Renewable Fuel Standard. But fears have actually been installing that some supplies identified as utilized cooking oil are really cheaper and less sustainable virgin palm oil, an item that is related to logging and other environmental damage.

The problem entered into focus following a surge in utilized cooking oil exports from Asia over the last few years that analysts have actually said includes unrealistically high volumes relative to the amount of cooking oil used and recuperated in the area. The European Union is also examining feedstocks over the scams issues.

The EPA audits started after the agency upgraded domestic supply-chain accounting requirements in July 2023 for eco-friendly fuel manufacturers seeking to earn credits under the RFS, he said.

"EPA has actually carried out audits of renewable fuel manufacturers because July 2023 which consists of, to name a few things, an examination of the places that used cooking oil used in renewable fuel production was gathered," he said. "These investigations, however, are continuous and we are unable to talk about continuous enforcement investigations."

U.S. senators from farm states have actually called for more oversight of biofuel feedstocks, saying federal companies should be as rigorous in verifying imports as they are auditing domestic supply chains.

"The Biden administration has actually developed energetic requirements to validate, not simply trust, American producers, and it is vital that the same examination is applied to imported feedstocks," 6 U.S. senators, led by Roger Marshall and Sherrod Brown, composed in a June 20 letter to .

Another letter from 15 senators to the Treasury Department on July 30 prompted the administration to omit imported feedstocks like UCO from an extra tidy fuel tax credit program passed in the Inflation Reduction Act. (Reporting by Leah Douglas in Washington Editing by Richard Valdmanis and Matthew Lewis)