SEC Company Response from Green Plains Inc. (GPRE) (CIK 0001309402) (GPRE) — Sep 3, 2008

Green Plains Inc. (GPRE) (CIK 0001309402)
Date: Sept. 3, 2008 · CIK: 0001309402 · Accession: 0001104659-08-056759

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File numbers found in text: 333-151900

Date

September 3, 2008

Author

/s/ Jerry L. Peters

Form

CORRESP

Company

Green Plains Inc. (GPRE) (CIK 0001309402)

Letter

Division of Corporate Finance Acceleration Request Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) Registration Statement on Form S-4/A Amendment No. 4 File No. 333-151900

Re:

Dear Ms. Long,

Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company hereby requests that the effective date of the above captioned Registration Statement be accelerated so that the Registration Statement may become effective at 4:00 Eastern Time on Friday, September 5, 2008, or as soon thereafter as is convenient.

In connection with this request, the Company hereby acknowledges that:

· Should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

· the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy for the disclosure in the filing; and

· the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceedings initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

Thank you in advance for your assistance in this matter.

Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Jerry L. Peters

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September 3, 2008

Ms. Pamela A. Long

Assistant Director

Division of Corporate Finance

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549-0404

  Re:

  Acceleration Request

  Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. (the
  “Company”)

  Registration Statement on Form S-4/A
  Amendment No. 4

  File No. 333-151900

Dear Ms. Long,

Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company hereby
requests that the effective date of the above captioned Registration Statement
be accelerated so that the Registration Statement may become effective at 4:00
Eastern Time on Friday, September 5, 2008, or as soon thereafter as is
convenient.

In connection with this request, the Company
hereby acknowledges that:

·                  Should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to
delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the
Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

·                  the action of the
Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring
the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility
for the adequacy and accuracy for the disclosure in the filing; and

·                  the Company may not
assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any
proceedings initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal
securities laws of the United States.

Thank you in advance for your assistance in this
matter.

  Respectfully submitted,

  /s/ Jerry L. Peters

  Jerry L. Peters

  Chief Financial Officer

9420 UNDERWOOD AVENUE, SUITE 100 · OMAHA, NE  68114

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