Exhibit 4(j)


FIRST AMENDMENT OF

CONSTRUCTION LOAN AGREEMENT


          THIS
FIRST AMENDMENT OF CONSTRUCTION LOAN AGREEMENT (“Amendment”) is made this 19th
day of September, 2008 by and among ONE EARTH ENERGY, LLC, an Illinois limited
liability company (“BORROWER”), FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA (“FNBO”), a
national banking association headquartered at Omaha, Nebraska as a BANK and as
administrative agent for the BANKS (in such capacity, the “ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT”), as accounts bank (in such capacity, the “ACCOUNTS BANK”) and as
collateral agent for the BANKS (in such capacity, the “COLLATERAL AGENT”), and
the BANKS party to the AGREEMENT. This Amendment amends that certain
Construction Loan Agreement dated September 20, 2007 among the AGENT, BANKS and
BORROWER (“AGREEMENT”).


          WHEREAS,
pursuant to the AGREEMENT and the other LOAN DOCUMENTS, BANKS extended the
CONSTRUCTION LOAN, REVOLVING LOAN and other financial accommodations and
extensions of credit described in the AGREEMENT to BORROWER, all as more fully
described in the AGREEMENT;


          WHEREAS,
pursuant to the AGREEMENT and those certain Revolving Promissory Notes of even
date with the AGREEMENT executed and delivered by BORROWER in favor of BANKS,
the LOAN TERMINATION DATE of the REVOLVING LOAN is September 19, 2008;


          WHEREAS,
BORROWER, as tenant, has entered into that certain Lease Agreement dated
October 26, 2007 (the “Wellsite Lease”) with Michael W. Herriott and Linda E.
Herriott, as landlords, for the lease of the Premises defined therein for the
drilling, construction and maintenance of water wells to provide water to the
PROJECT;


          WHEREAS,
BORROWER, as tenant, has entered into that certain Lease Agreement dated
October 2, 2007 (the “Scott Lease”) with John T. Scott and Barbara A. Scott, as
landlords, for the lease of the Premises defined therein for the construction,
maintenance and repair of water line thereon;


          WHEREAS,
BORROWER has purchased additional real property from Edward Tucker (the “Tucker
Land”), pursuant to a Warranty Deed dated May 9, 2008 and recorded May 14, 2008
as Document Number 242017 in the Ford County Recorder’s Office; 


          WHEREAS,
BORROWER has purchased additional real property from Heartland Bank and Trust
Company (the “Maintenance Building Land”), pursuant to a Warranty Deed dated
September 24, 2008 and recorded in the Ford County Recorder’s Office on or
about September 24, 2008; 





          WHEREAS,
BANKS require as a condition of this Amendment, and BORROWER has agreed to
grant BANKS a lien on BORROWER’S leasehold interests under the Wellsite Lease
and Scott Lease and a lien on the Tucker Land and the Maintenance Building
Land.


          WHEREAS,
BORROWER has requested, and conditioned upon the terms of this Amendment, BANKS
have agreed, to extend the LOAN TERMINATION DATE of the REVOLVING LOAN to
September 18, 2009 and otherwise amend the AGREEMENT as provided for in this
Amendment; and 


          WHEREAS,
the parties hereto agree to amend the AGREEMENT as provided for in this Amendment.


          NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the amendments of the AGREEMENT set forth below,
the mutual covenants herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
sufficiency and receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree to amend
the AGREEMENT as follows:


          1.
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning given to such terms in the
AGREEMENT, unless specifically defined herein.


          2.
The definition of the term “LOAN TERMINATION DATE” in Section 1.28 of the
AGREEMENT is hereby amended by deleting the reference to September 19th,
2008 as the LOAN TERMINATION DATE applicable to the REVOLVING NOTES and
inserting in lieu thereof September 18, 2009. Anywhere else in the AGREEMENT
which refers to September 19, 2008 as the LOAN TERMINATION DATE of the
REVOLVING NOTES is hereby amended consistent with the foregoing. To further
evidence the extension of the LOAN TERMINATION DATE of the REVOLVING NOTES,
BORROWER shall execute and deliver to each BANK with a REVOLVING LOAN
COMMITMENT AMOUNT a FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING PROMISSORY NOTE and
all references to the REVOLVING NOTES in the AGREEMENT and the other LOAN
DOCUMENTS are hereby amended to refer to such FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING PROMISSORY NOTES.


          3.
Exhibit F of the AGREEMENT is hereby deleted in its entirety and the Exhibit F
attached to this Amendment is inserted in lieu thereof. 


          4.
This Amendment shall not be effective until BANK shall have received each of
the following (each in form and substance acceptable to BANK) or the following
conditions have been satisfied:


	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 (a).

 	
 This
 Amendment, duly executed by BORROWER.

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
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 The FIRST
 AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING PROMISSORY NOTES duly executed by BORROWER in
 favor of each BANK with a commitment in the REVOLVING LOAN in the amount of
 each such BANK’s respective REVOLVING LOAN COMMITMENT AMOUNT.

 


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 (c).

 	
 An amendment
 of the MORTGAGE duly executed by BORROWER and in recordable form reflecting
 the additional real property acquired or leased by BORROWER as described in
 such amendment of the MORTGAGE, together with an endorsement to AGENT’s loan
 title policy which reflects the amendment of the MORTGAGE and a Memorandum of
 the Wellsite Lease.

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
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 Such other
 matters as AGENT may reasonably require.

 



In addition,
within 30 days after the date of this Amendment, BORROWER will obtain an
Estoppel Agreement with Michael W. Herriott and Linda E. Herriott, the lessors
under the Wellsite Lease as defined in and to be executed in connection with
the amendment of the MORTGAGE referenced above.


          5.
Except as modified and amended herein, all other terms, provisions, conditions
and obligations imposed under the terms of the AGREEMENT and the other LOAN
DOCUMENTS shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and
affirmed by Borrower. To the extent necessary, the other LOAN DOCUMENTS are
hereby amended to be consistent with the terms of this Amendment.


          6.
Borrower certifies and reaffirms by its execution hereof that the
representations and warranties set forth in the AGREEMENT and the other LOAN
DOCUMENTS are true as of this date, and that no EVENT OF DEFAULT under the
AGREEMENT or any other LOAN DOCUMENT, and no event which, with the giving of notices
or passage of time or both, would become such an EVENT OF DEFAULT, has occurred
as of execution hereof. 


          7.
This Amendment may be executed simultaneously in several counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original but which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument.


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          IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Amendment on the
date first written above. 


	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
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EXHIBIT F
Real Estate Description


Project Site:


Parcel 1:


All that part
of the South 1204.28 Feet of the South Half of Section 3, Township 23 North,
Range 7 East of the Third Principal Meridian, Ford County, Illinois, lying
east of the Northerly Extension of the East Line of a tract of land conveyed to
Ameren Energy Generating Company by Special Warranty Deed recorded September
11, 2000, as Document No. 216254 in the Ford County Recorder’s Office, and
lying west of the Northerly Extension of the East Line of the West 250 Feet of
the Northeast Quarter of Section 10, Township 23 North, Range 7 East of the
Third Principal Meridian, situated in the City of Gibson, County of Ford and
State of Illinois. 


Said
Parcel 1 contains 34.00 acres, more or less. 


Parcel 2:


A part of the
Northwest Quarter of Section 10, Township 23 North, Range 7 East of the Third
Principal Meridian, Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois, more particularly
described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast Corner of Lot 4 in the First
Addition to Jordan Industrial Park Subdivision in the City of Gibson City,
Illinois, according to the Plat recorded as Document No. 205053 in the
Ford County Recorder’s Office. From said Point of Beginning, thence west
1146.34 feet along the North Line of said Lot 4 to the Northwest Corner
thereof; thence north 543.85 feet along the East Right-of-Way line of Jordan
Drive according to the Dedication thereof recorded as Document No. 212435 in
said Recorder’s Office which forms an angle to the left of 90o00’00” with the
last described course; thence east 20.00 feet along said Right-of-Way Line
which forms an angle to the left of 89o39’36” with the last described course;
thence north 30.00 feet along said Right-of-Way Line which forms an angle to
the left of 270o20’24” with the last described course to the Southwest Corner
of Parcel 4 conveyed to Ameren Energy Generating Company by Warranty Deed
recorded as Document No. 235733 in said Recorder’s Office; thence east 150.65
feet along the South Line of said Parcel 4 which forms an angle to the left of
89o39’36” with the last described course to the Southeast Corner thereof;
thence north 580.00 feet along the East Line of said Parcel 4 and the East Line
of a Tract of Land conveyed by Special Warranty Deed recorded as Document No.
216254 in said Recorder’s Office, which lines form an angle to the left of
269o57’50” with the last described course to the Northeast Corner of said
Tract, said Northeast Corner being on the North Line of the Northwest Quarter
of said Section 10; thence east 979.71 feet along said North Line which
forms an angle to the left of 90o02’10” with the last described course to the
Northeast Corner of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 10; thence south
1147.04 feet along the East Line of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 10
which forms an angle to the left of 89o57’15” with the last described course to
the Point 





of Beginning,
situated in the County of Ford and State of Illinois, containing 28.07 acres,
more or less. 


Parcel 3:


Lot 4 in the
First Addition to Jordan Industrial Park Subdivision in the City of Gibson,
Ford County, Illinois, according to the Plat recorded as Document No. 205053 in
the Ford County Recorder’s Office excepting (Exception No. 1) therefrom
the East 100 Feet of even width thereof and also excepting (Exception
No. 2) the following described tract: A part of Lot 4 in the First
Addition to Jordan Industrial Park Subdivision in the City of Gibson City, Ford
County, Illinois according to the Plat recorded as Document No. 205053 in
the Ford County Recorder’s Office, more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the North Line of said Lot 4 lying 100.00 feet west of
the Northeast Corner thereof, said point being the Northwest Corner of a Tract
of Land conveyed to Bloomer Line Railroad according to the Deed recorded as
Document No. 217701 in said Recorder’s Office. From said Point of Beginning,
thence west 551.97 feet along the North Line of said Lot 4 to the point of
intersection with the Northerly Extension of the West Line of Lot 3 in said
First Addition; thence south 599.81 feet along said Northerly Extension which
forms an angle to the right of 90o56’03” with the last described course to the
Northwest Corner of said Lot 3 being a point on the South Line of said
Lot 4; thence east 557.71 feet along the South Line of said Lot 4 which
forms an angle to the right of 89o03’55” with the last described course to a
point lying 100.00 feet west of the Southeast Corner of said Lot 4, said point
being the Southwest Corner of said Tract conveyed by Document No. 217701;
thence north 599.74 feet along the West Line of said Tract which forms an angle
to the right of 90o23’11” with the last described course to the Point of
Beginning, situated in the County of Ford and State of Illinois. 


Said Parcel 3
contains 7.85 acres, more or less. 


Parcel 4: 


A part of a
Tract of Land conveyed by Warranty Deed recorded January 27, 2005 as
Document No. 231777 in the Ford County Recorder’s Office being a part of Lot 4
in the First Addition to Jordan Industrial Park Subdivision in the City of
Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois, according to the Plat recorded as Document
No. 205053 in the Ford County Recorder’s Office, more particularly described as
follows: Beginning at a point on the North Line of said Lot 4 lying 100.00 feet
west of the Northeast Corner thereof, said point being the Northwest Corner of
a Tract of Land conveyed to Bloomer Line Railroad according to the Deed
recorded as Document No. 217701 in said Recorder’s Office. From said Point of
Beginning, thence west 551.97 feet along the North Line of said Lot 4 to the
point of intersection with the Northerly Extension of the West Line of Lot 3 in
said First Addition; thence south 599.81 feet along said Northerly Extension
which forms an angle to the right of 90o56’03” with the last described course
to the Northwest Corner of said Lot 3 being a point on the South Line of said
Lot 4; thence east 60.00 feet along the South Line of said Lot 4 which forms an
angle to the right of 89o03’55” with the last described course; thence north
200.00 feet along a line which is parallel with the West Line of said Tract
conveyed by Document No. 217701 and which forms an angle to the right of
90o23’11” with the last described course; thence east 





497.71 feet
along a line which is parallel with the South Line of said Lot 4 and which
forms an angle to the right of 269o36’49” with the last described course to a
point on the West Line of said Tract conveyed by Document No. 217701 lying
200.00 feet north of the Southwest corner thereof; thence North 399.74 feet
along the West Line of said Tract which forms an angle to the right of
90o23’11” with the last described course to the Point of Beginning, containing
5.35 acres, more or less.


Parcel 5: 


All that part
of the West 250 Feet of the Northeast Quarter of Section 10, Township 23 North,
Range 7 East of the Third Principal Meridian, situated in the City of Gibson,
County of Ford and State of Illinois, lying north of the North Line of a tract
of land conveyed to Alliance Grain Company by Warranty Deed recorded
October 2, 2000, as Document No. 216478 in the Ford County Recorder’s
Office. 


Said Parcel 5
contains 10.02 acres, more or less. 


Parcel 6: 


All that part
of the North 100 Feet of the Northeast Quarter of Section 10, Township 23 North,
Range 7 East of the Third Principal Meridian, Gibson City, Ford County,
Illinois, lying west of the Centerline of Drummer Creek and East of the East
Line of a tract of land conveyed to One Earth Energy, LLC by Warranty Deed
recorded May 2, 2007, as Document No. 238795 in the Recorder’s Office of Ford
County, Illinois, situated in the County of Ford and State of Illinois.


Said Parcel 6
contains 4.84 acres, more or less.


Wellsite Lease Premises:


A part of the
100-Foot-Wide former Norfolk Southern Railroad Right-of-Way in the West Half of
the Northwest Quarter and the West Half of the Southwest Quarter, both in
Section 10, Township 23 North, Range 9 East of the Third
Principal Meridian, Ford County, Illinois, more particularly described as
follows: Commencing at an existing brass survey monument at the Southwest
Corner of said Section 10, thence north 2615.31 feet along the West Line of the
Southwest Quarter of said Section 10 to the Centerline of said former Norfolk
Southern Railroad; thence east 682.21 feet along said Centerline which forms an
angle to the left of 90o-02’-23” with the last described course to the Point of
Beginning. From said Point of Beginning, thence south 50.00 feet along a line
which is perpendicular to said Centerline; thence east 600.00 feet along a line
which is parallel with said Centerline and forms an angle to the right of
90o-00’-00” with the last described course; thence north 100.00 feet along a
line which is perpendicular to said Centerline and approximately 50 feet
normally distant west of the East Lines of the West Half of said Southwest
Quarter and the West Half of said Northwest Quarter and forms an angle to the
right of 90o-00’-00” with the last described course; thence west 600.00 feet
along a line which is 50 feet normally distant north of and parallel with said
Centerline and forms an angle to the right of 90o-00’-00” with the last
described course; thence south 50.00 feet along a line which is perpendicular
to said Centerline and forms an angle to the right of 90o-00’-00” with the last
described course to the Point of Beginning, containing 1.377 acres, more or
less.









	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 PROPOSED
 ACCESS EASEMENT NO. 1: 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 A part of
 the 100-Foot-Wide former Norfolk Southern Railroad Right-of-Way in the West
 Half of the Northwest Quarter and the West Half of the Southwest Quarter,
 both in Section 10, Township 23 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal
 Meridian, Ford County, Illinois, being the North 20 Feet of the South 60 Feet
 thereof, bounded on the west by the West Line of said Southwest Quarter and
 on the east by the West Line of said Well Site Lease Area.

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
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 ACCESS EASEMENT NO. 2: 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
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 ACCESS EASEMENT NO. 3: 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
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 PROPOSED
 PERMANENT WATER LINE EASEMENT: 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 A part of
 the 100-Foot-Wide former Norfolk Southern Railroad Right-of-Way in the West
 Half of the Northwest Quarter and the West Half of the Southwest Quarter,
 both in Section 10, Township 23 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal
 Meridian, Ford County, Illinois, being the North 25 Feet of said
 Right-of-Way, bounded on the west by the West Lines of said Northwest Quarter
 and said Southwest Quarter and on the east by the West Line of said Well Site
 Lease Area.

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
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 A part of
 the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 10, Township 23 North,
 Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian, Ford County, Illinois, being a
 strip of land 15 feet in width lying north of and adjacent to the North Lines
 of said Proposed Permanent Water Line Easement and said Well Site Lease Area.
 Said strip is bounded on the west by the West Line of said Northwest Quarter
 and on the east by the Northerly Extension of the East Line of said Well Site
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 A part of
 the 100-Foot-Wide former Norfolk Southern Railroad Right-of-Way in the West
 Half of the Northwest Quarter and the West Half of the Southwest Quarter,
 both in Section 10, Township 23 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal
 Meridian, Ford County, Illinois, being the North 15 Feet of the South 75 Feet
 thereof, bounded on the west by the West Line of said Southwest Quarter and
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Scott Lease Premises:


A tract of
land located and lying in Section 12, Township 23 North, Range 8 East of the 3rd
Principal Meridian, in Ford County, Illinois, and more particularly described
as follows:


The West
Eighteen and one half (18 1⁄2) acres of even width thereof, of the North Half of
the Northeast Quarter of Section Twelve; and the West One and one-half (1 1⁄2)
acres of even width thereof, of the South Half of the Northeast Quarter of
Section Twelve; and all that part of the North 50 feet of a strip of land being
a portion of Norfolk and Western Railway Company’s abandoned right of way (formerly
the Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company) lying adjacent to the following
described tract: the West 1-1⁄2 acres of even width thereof of the South Half of
the Northeast Quarter of Section 12, Township 23 North, Range 8 East of the 3rd
Principal Meridian, all in Ford County, Illinois, being a part of the real
estate conveyed by Norfolk and Western Railway Company to Nickel Plate Trust
No. 440, by Quitclaim Deed dated July 12, 1995, and recorded in the land
records of Ford County, Illinois on July 20, 1995 as Document No. 200491.


Tucker Land:


A part of the
Northeast Quarter of Section 10, Township 23 North, Range 7 East of the Third
Principal Meridian, Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois, more particularly
described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast Corner of a tract of land
conveyed to Alliance Grain Company by Warranty Deed Recorded October 2, 2000 as
Document No. 216478 in the Ford County Recorder’s Office, said Southeast Corner
being a point on the North Right-of-Way Line of Illinois Route 9. From said
Point of Beginning, thence north 2410.66 feet along the East Line of said tract
and along the East Line of a 250 foot wide tract of land conveyed to One Earth
Energy, LLC by Warranty Deed Recorded May 2, 2007 as Document No. 238795 in
said Recorder’s Office to the Southwest Corner of a 100 foot wide tract of land
conveyed to One Earth Energy, LLC by Warranty Deed Recorded July 30, 2007 as
Document No. 239499 in said Recorder’s Office; thence east 2081.00 feet along
the South Line of said 100 foot wide tract which forms an angle to the left of
90o-02’-45”
with the last described course to the Southeast Corner thereof said Southeast
Corner being on the Centerline of Drummer Creek; thence southwesterly 353.09
feet along said Centerline which forms an angle to the left of 76o-32’-17” with the last
described course; thence southeasterly 305.55 feet along said Centerline which
forms an angle to the left of 202o-58’-52”
with the last described course; thence southeasterly 227.43 feet along said
Centerline which forms an angle to the left of 176o-05’-43” with 





the last
described course; thence southeasterly 237.04 feet along said Centerline which
forms an angle to the left of 202o-11’-05” with the last described course; thence
southeasterly 154.30 feet along said Centerline which forms an angle to the
left of 178o-28’-23”
with the last described course; thence southerly 148.21 feet along said
Centerline which forms an angle to the left of 155o-58’-43” with the last described course; thence
southwesterly 147.34 feet along said Centerline which forms an angle to the
left of 156o-04’-33”
with the last described course; thence southwesterly 302.93 feet along said
Centerline which forms an angle to the left of 151o-47’-10” with the last described course; thence southwesterly
71.73 feet along said Centerline which forms an angle to the left of 193o-09’-03” with the last
described course; thence southwesterly 60.70 feet along said Centerline which
forms an angle to the left of 210o-14’-56”
with the last described course to the Southwest Corner of a tract of land
conveyed to Michael J. Smith and Charlene L. Smith by Corporation Deed Recorded
June 15, 2005 as Document No. 232984, said Southwest Corner being a point on
the Westerly Extension of the Centerline of Ninth Street in Gibson City,
Illinois, according to said deed; thence west 129.70 feet along said Westerly
Extension which forms an angle to the left of 96o-32’-57” with the last described course to the East Line
of a tract of land conveyed to Roberta J. Strebeck by Warranty Deed Recorded
June 26, 2007 as Document No. 239228 in said Recorder’s Office; thence north
595.21 feet along said East Line which forms an angle to the left of 90o-18’-02” with the last
described course to the Northeast Corner thereof; thence west 253.50 feet along
the North Line of said tract Recorded as Document No. 239228 which forms an
angle to the left of 270o-00’-00”
with the last described course to the Northwest Corner thereof; thence south
530.00 feet along the West Line of said tract recorded as Document No. 239228
which forms an angle to the left of 270o-00’-00”
with the last described course; thence west 879.00 feet along a line which
forms an angle to the left of 92o-46’-46”
with the last described course; thence south 605.00 feet along a line which
forms an angle to the left of 265o-20’-13”
with the last described course to a point of the North Right-of-Way Line of
said Illinois Route 9 lying 645.00 feet east of the Point of Beginning; thence
west 645.00 feet along said North Right-of-Way Line which forms an angle to the
left of 91o-53’-00”
with the last described course to the Point of Beginning, containing 91.955
acres, more or less. Part of Tax ID No. 09-11-10-201-005.


Maintenance Building Land:


Lot Eight (8) EXCEPT the North
30 feet thereof, in Jordan Industrial Park Subdivision, Third Addition,
situated in the City of Gibson, County of Ford and State of Illinois, as per
plat recorded as Document No. 226871 with the Ford County Recorder’s Office.
Parcel No. 09-11-10-100-033.