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US EPA Says it is Auditing Biofuel Producers’ used Cooking Oil Supply

By Leah Douglas

Aug 7 (Reuters) – The U.S. Epa has introduced examinations into the supply chains of at least two eco-friendly fuel producers in the middle of market concerns that some might be using deceptive feedstocks for biodiesel to protect financially rewarding government aids.

EPA representative Jeffrey Landis informed Reuters that the company has actually introduced audits over the past year, however declined to determine the business targeted because the investigations are continuous.

The production of biodiesel from sustainable components, like used cooking oil, can make refiners a slew of state and federal environmental and climate subsidies, including tradable credits under a program administered by the EPA called the Renewable Fuel Standard. But worries have been mounting that some products labeled as utilized cooking oil are really less expensive and less sustainable virgin palm oil, a product that is connected with deforestation and other environmental damage.

The issue entered focus following a surge in used cooking oil exports from Asia recently that experts have stated includes unrealistically high volumes relative to the quantity of cooking oil utilized and recovered in the region. The European Union is also investigating feedstocks over the fraud issues.

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

„EPA has actually conducted audits of eco-friendly fuel producers considering that July 2023 which consists of, to name a few things, an assessment of the areas that utilized cooking oil used in renewable fuel production was gathered,“ he said. „These investigations, nevertheless, are ongoing and we are unable to talk about continuous enforcement examinations.“

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

„The Biden administration has produced vigorous requirements to verify, not simply trust, American producers, and it is important that the exact same analysis is used to imported feedstocks,“ six 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 extra clean fuel tax credit program passed in the Inflation Reduction Act. (Reporting by Leah Douglas in Washington Editing by Richard Valdmanis and Matthew Lewis)

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