The EPA is auditing biofuel producers over concerns that used cooking oil is being fraudulently used to claim government subsidies.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA is carrying out audits at least two biofuel producers over the used cooking oil in their supply chains amid concerns about fraudulent use of such oils to claim government subsidies and tax reliefs, EPA spokesperson Jeffrey Landis told Reuters on Wednesday. U.S.
Senators from mostly farm states have recently called on the EPA and the Treasury Department to increase scrutiny and specify guidance for used cooking oil amid concerns about soaring imports from China that may have been mislabeled for obtaining tax credits. In June, Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas and five other Senators from Ohio, Nebraska, and Iowa sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency EPA, the United States Department of Agriculture USDA, U.S.
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