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By Leah Douglas

Aug 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has introduced investigations into the supply chains of a minimum of two eco-friendly fuel manufacturers amidst market issues that some may be utilizing deceptive feedstocks for biodiesel to protect rewarding government subsidies.

EPA spokesperson Jeffrey Landis told Reuters that the firm has introduced audits over the previous year, however decreased to recognize the because the examinations are continuous.

The production of biodiesel from sustainable components, like used cooking oil, can make refiners a multitude of state and federal environmental and climate subsidies, consisting of tradable credits under a program administered by the EPA called the Renewable Fuel Standard. But fears have been installing that some materials labeled as used cooking oil are actually more affordable and less sustainable virgin palm oil, a product that is connected with logging and other environmental damage.

The concern entered focus following a rise in utilized cooking oil exports from Asia recently that experts have stated includes unrealistically high volumes relative to the quantity of cooking oil used and recuperated in the region. The European Union is also examining feedstocks over the fraud concerns.

The EPA audits started after the agency updated domestic supply-chain accounting requirements in July 2023 for sustainable fuel producers seeking to make credits under the RFS, he said.

"EPA has carried out audits of sustainable fuel manufacturers since July 2023 that includes, to name a few things, an evaluation of the locations that utilized cooking oil used in eco-friendly fuel production was gathered," he stated. "These investigations, nevertheless, are continuous and we are not able to go over ongoing enforcement examinations."

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

"The Biden administration has developed vigorous requirements to confirm, not simply trust, American manufacturers, and it is vital that the very same analysis is used to imported feedstocks," 6 U.S. senators, led by Roger Marshall and Sherrod Brown, wrote in a June 20 letter to federal firms.

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