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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1

    SUBJECT TO THE TERMS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS PRINTED ON THE BACK OF
                    THIS CERTIFICATE AND MADE A PART HEREOF.

                ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

          CERTIFICATE NUMBER _____                             ___________ UNITS

                           ILLINOIS RIVER ENERGY, LLC
                                  CLASS A UNITS

               THIS CERTIFIES THAT_____________________________________________
IS THE OWNER AND REGISTERED HOLDER OF _____________________________________
CLASS A UNITS OF ILLINOIS RIVER ENERGY, LLC, TRANSFERABLE ONLY ON THE BOOKS OF
THE COMPANY BY THE HOLDER HEREOF IN PERSON OR BY DULY AUTHORIZED ATTORNEY UPON
SURRENDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE PROPERLY ENDORSED.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE COMPANY HAS CAUSED THIS CERTIFICATE TO BE
EXECUTED BY ITS DULY AUTHORIZED OFFICERS THIS ____ DAY OF _______________, 2002.

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          SECRETARY                                  PRESIDENT

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The securities represented by this certificate may not be sold, offered for
sale, or transferred in the absence of either an effective registration
statement under the securities act of 1933, as amended, and under applicable
state securities laws, or an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company that
such transaction is exempt from registration under the securities act of 1933,
as amended, and under applicable state securities laws.

The Units represented by this certificate quantify the limited liability company
interest of the holder hereof in the Company. A limited liability company
interest is personal property. The holder hereof has no interest in specific
property of the Company. The limited liability company interest quantified by
the Units represented by this certificate is governed by and are subject to the
provisions of the Company's Limited Liability Company Agreement, as amended and
agreed to by the Members.

The Units represented by this certificate are subject to further restriction as
to their sale, transfer, hypothecation, or assignment as set forth in the
Company's Limited Liability Company Agreement, as amended and agreed to by the
Members. Said restriction provides, among other things, that no Units may be
transferred, and that no vendee, transferee, assignee, or endorsee of a Member
shall have the right to become a substituted Member without the consent of the
Company's Board of Managers which consent may be given or withheld in the sole
and absolute discretion of the Board of Managers.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ______________ HEREBY SELL, ASSIGN AND TRANSFER UNTO
_______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________ UNITS REPRESENTED BY THE WITHIN CERTIFICATE,
AND DO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSTITUTE AND APPOINT ____________________________,
ATTORNEY, TO TRANSFER THE SAID UNITS ON THE BOOKS OF THE WITHIN NAMED COMPANY,
WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION IN THE PREMISES.

DATED _________________                      ___________________________________
                                             Notice: The signature to this
IN THE PRESENCE OF                           assignment must correspond with the
                                             name as written upon the face of
                                             this Certificate in every
_______________________                      particular, without alteration or
                                             enlargement or any change whatever.<Page>

                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.2

      SUBJECT TO THE TERMS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS PRINTED ON THE BACK
                  OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND MADE A PART HEREOF.

                ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

          CERTIFICATE NUMBER _____                             ___________ UNITS

                           ILLINOIS RIVER ENERGY, LLC
                                  CLASS B UNITS

               THIS CERTIFIES THAT ________________________________________IS
THE OWNER AND REGISTERED HOLDER OF _____________________________________ CLASS B
UNITS OF ILLINOIS RIVER ENERGY, LLC, TRANSFERABLE ONLY ON THE BOOKS OF THE
COMPANY BY THE HOLDER HEREOF IN PERSON OR BY DULY AUTHORIZED ATTORNEY UPON
SURRENDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE PROPERLY ENDORSED.

               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE COMPANY HAS CAUSED THIS CERTIFICATE TO BE
EXECUTED BY ITS DULY AUTHORIZED OFFICERS THIS ___ DAY OF ________________, 2002.

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               SECRETARY                     PRESIDENT

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The securities represented by this certificate may not be sold, offered for
sale, or transferred in the absence of either an effective registration
statement under the securities act of 1933, as amended, and under applicable
state securities laws, or an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company that
such transaction is exempt from registration under the securities act of 1933,
as amended, and under applicable state securities laws.

The Units represented by this certificate quantify the limited liability company
interest of the holder hereof in the Company. A limited liability company
interest is personal property. The holder hereof has no interest in specific
property of the Company. The limited liability company interest quantified by
the Units represented by this certificate is governed by and are subject to the
provisions of the Company's Limited Liability Company Agreement, as amended and
agreed to by the Members.

The Units represented by this certificate are subject to further restriction as
to their sale, transfer, hypothecation, or assignment as set forth in the
Company's Limited Liability Company Agreement, as amended and agreed to by the
Members. Said restriction provides, among other things, that no Units may be
transferred, and that no vendee, transferee, assignee, or endorsee of a Member
shall have the right to become a substituted Member without the consent of the
Company's Board of Managers which consent may be given or withheld in the sole
and absolute discretion of the Board of Managers.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ______________ HEREBY SELL, ASSIGN AND TRANSFER UNTO
______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________ UNITS REPRESENTED BY THE WITHIN CERTIFICATE,
AND DO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSTITUTE AND APPOINT ____________________________,
ATTORNEY, TO TRANSFER THE SAID UNITS ON THE BOOKS OF THE WITHIN NAMED COMPANY,
WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION IN THE PREMISES.

DATED  _________________                     ___________________________________
                                             Notice: The signature to this
IN THE PRESENCE OF                           assignment must correspond with the
                                             name as written upon the face of
                                             this Certificate in every
_______________________                      particular, without alteration or
                                             enlargement or any change whatever.<Page>

                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                              CONSULTING AGREEMENT

        THIS CONSULTING AGREEMENT ("Agreement"), dated March 1, 2002, is made
and entered into between Illinois River Energy, LLC ("IRE") and Vincent McCabe &
Associates, Inc. ("McCabe").

        WHEREAS, IRE is a development stage company organized to develop,
finance, construct and operate a proposed 40,000,000 gallon ethanol processing
plant (the "Ethanol Plant") in northern Illinois (the "Ethanol Project");

        WHEREAS, McCabe possesses skills, knowledge, and know-how relevant to
the needs of IRE; and

        WHEREAS, IRE wishes to retain McCabe as a consultant in the role of
Project Coordinator for the Ethanol Project; and

        WHEREAS, McCabe desires to serve as a consultant for IRE in connection
with the Ethanol Project on the terms and conditions set forth herein which
include among other things a covenant not to compete; and

        WHEREAS, IRE and McCabe recognize that, in performing consulting
services to IRE hereunder, McCabe has had, and will in the future have,
extensive access to IRE's confidential manufacturing, processing, financial,
accounting, human resources and marketing information; and has had, and will
have, opportunities to cultivate valuable business relationships with IRE's
customers, employees, suppliers and advisors; and

        WHEREAS, IRE and McCabe also enter into this Agreement to protect IRE's
trade secrets, confidential information and customer, employee, investor and
other third-party relationships.

        NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and mutual obligations
herein, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually agree as follows:

Section 1.     SCOPE OF WORK.

        1.1    McCabe is engaged by IRE to provide services as the Project
               Coordinator for IRE's Ethanol Project. In that capacity, McCabe
               shall perform all services, acts or things necessary to fulfill
               the duties of a Project Coordinator as determined by IRE's Board
               of Directors, including without limitation those services listed
               on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof. McCabe shall
               have the full authority and responsibility of a Project
               Coordinator as defined by IRE's Board of Directors and consistent
               with the policies, procedures and annual and strategic business
               plans as adopted by IRE's Board of Directors and McCabe hereby
               agrees to render such services and accept such authority and
               responsibility on behalf of IRE.

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        1.2    McCabe will devote the time, attention, skill and energy to the
               business of IRE as is necessary to perform the services
               contemplated by this Agreement, provided that, at a minimum,
               McCabe shall devote one person on a full-time basis to perform
               the services contemplated by this Agreement and provided further
               that McCabe shall appoint Vincent McCabe as the individual from
               McCabe to perform the services contemplated by this Agreement.

        1.3    In order for McCabe to perform the services described in Section
               1.1 above, it may be necessary for IRE to provide McCabe with
               Confidential Information (as defined below) regarding IRE's
               business and products. IRE will rely heavily upon McCabe's
               integrity and prudent judgment to use this information only in
               the best interests of IRE.

        1.4    In rendering services under this Agreement, McCabe shall conform
               to high professional standards of work and business ethics. In no
               event shall McCabe take any action or accept any assistance or
               engage in any activity that would result in any governmental
               body, or other person, entity or organization acquiring any
               rights of any nature in IRE's products or inventions.

        1.5    Other than utilizing the services of Vincent McCabe, McCabe shall
               not use the service of any other person, entity or organization
               in the performance of its duties under this Agreement without the
               prior written consent of an officer of IRE.

        1.6    McCabe shall provide IRE with such written, periodic reports as
               IRE may reasonably request and, upon termination of this
               Agreement, a final report if requested. These reports shall
               become proprietary information of IRE.

Section 2.     TERM AND COMPENSATION.

        2.1    The term of this Agreement shall be for one year commencing
               effective March 1, 2002, unless earlier terminated as provided in
               Section 10 hereof.

        2.2    During the term of this Agreement, IRE shall pay to McCabe a
               consulting fee of $6,750 per month, to be paid one-half on the
               15th and one-half on the last day of each calendar month of
               service.

        2.3    In the event this Agreement terminates for any reason prior to
               the completion of a full month of service by McCabe, IRE shall
               pay McCabe a prorated amount equal to the number of the days in
               the month McCabe actually provided services.

        2.4    In the event IRE terminates this Agreement without cause as
               further provided in Section 10 hereof, in consideration of the
               release of claims and fulfillment of obligations described in
               Section 2.5, IRE agrees to pay McCabe post-termination severance
               payments equal to $6,750 per month, to be paid monthly on the
               last day

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               of each calendar month, for the period from the date of
               termination up to and including February 28, 2003.

        2.5    IRE's post-termination severance payments provided for in Section
               2.4 are expressly conditioned upon (a) IRE's receipt of a release
               of claims signed by McCabe and Vincent McCabe individually (and
               not rescinded as may be allowed by law) in form satisfactory to
               IRE which assures, among other things, that neither McCabe nor
               Vincent McCabe will commence any type of litigation or bring any
               type of claim against IRE or its affiliates as a result of the
               termination or any other act or omission of IRE, its officers or
               directors, employees or agents, and (b) McCabe and Vincent McCabe
               each honoring and fulfilling their obligations under Sections 5,
               6, 7, and 8 of this Agreement. IRE shall have no obligation to
               pay any post-termination severance payments unless and until the
               foregoing conditions are satisfied and then only for the
               remaining term of the post-termination payment period referenced
               above.

        2.6    IRE agrees to reimburse McCabe for all actual, reasonable and
               necessary expenditures that are directly related to the service
               rendered to IRE by McCabe under this Agreement. McCabe shall
               receive reimbursement upon turning in valid receipts for each
               expenditure claimed. In addition, any expenditure that exceeds
               $1,000 must be authorized by an officer of IRE in writing prior
               to the expenditure. McCabe shall provide IRE with a monthly
               estimate of the expected expenses for the upcoming month at least
               10 days' in advance of each month during the term of this
               Agreement and a prior month's reconciliation of the estimate to
               the actual expenses.

        2.7    During the term of this Agreement, McCabe shall be responsible
               for all payroll and other taxes arising from compensation paid to
               him under this Agreement.

        2.8    During the term of this Agreement, McCabe shall not participate
               in any benefit plan IRE provides to its employees.

        2.9    IRE will not obtain any workers' compensation insurance for
               McCabe during the term of this Agreement.

Section 3.     INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.

        3.1    McCabe is an independent contractor and not an employee of IRE,
               and this Agreement is not intended to create, and shall not be
               construed as creating, between IRE and McCabe the relationship of
               principal and agent, joint or co-venturers, copartners, or any
               other similar relationship, the existence of which is hereby
               expressly denied. The manner in which McCabe's services are
               rendered shall be within its sole control and discretion.

        3.2    Unless specifically authorized in writing to do so, neither party
               shall have the power or authority to bind the other party by any
               representation, promise or

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               commitment, and neither party shall make any representation to
               the contrary to any third party.

Section 4.     [RESERVED.]

Section 5.     CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

        5.1    In performing services under this Agreement, McCabe may be
               exposed to and be required to use IRE's "Confidential
               Information" (as defined below). McCabe agrees that he will not
               use, directly or indirectly, such Confidential Information for
               the benefit of any person, entity or organization other than IRE
               or disclose such Confidential Information without the express
               written authorization of an officer of IRE to do so, either
               during or after the term of this Agreement.

        5.2    "Confidential Information" means information not generally known
               whether presently existing or developed in the future by IRE,
               including, but not limited to trade secrets about IRE's Ethanol
               Project which includes information relating to product
               strategies, financing strategies, organizational strategies, site
               location strategies, permitting strategies, design/build and
               other contract discussions and strategies, technical know-how,
               trade secret information, financial information, plant
               specifications, prospective investor lists and strategies,
               pricing policies, operational methods, marketing information
               including without limitation strategy, sales, finance and
               business systems and techniques, business plans, and other
               business affairs of IRE relating to the Ethanol Project. All
               information of IRE that is disclosed to McCabe or which McCabe
               obtains access, whether originated by McCabe on behalf of IRE or
               by IRE or others, shall be presumed to be Confidential
               Information.

        5.3    Upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, McCabe
               shall immediately deliver to IRE all Confidential Information,
               including, but not limited to, trade secrets, vendor and customer
               information, plant and product design information and information
               related to the management and operation of IRE's Ethanol Plant,
               together with any other material belonging to IRE, whether
               Confidential Information or not, that is in McCabe's possession
               or control.

Section 6.     RIGHTS AND DATA.

        6.1    All ideas, concepts, drawings, models, designs, methods,
               information, works of authorship, documents and tangible items
               prepared by McCabe for or submitted to IRE by McCabe in
               connection with the services rendered under this Agreement shall
               belong exclusively to IRE and shall be deemed to be works made
               for hire ("Deliverable Items"). To the extent that any of the
               Deliverable Items may not, by operation of law, be works for
               hire, McCabe hereby assigns to IRE the ownership of copyright or
               patent in the Deliverable Items, and IRE shall have the right to
               obtain and hold in its own name any trademark, patent or
               copyright registration, and any other registrations and similar
               protection that may be

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               available in the Deliverable Items. McCabe agrees to give IRE or
               its designees all assistance reasonably required to perfect such
               rights.

        6.2    No license or right is granted to McCabe, either expressly or by
               implication, estoppel or otherwise, to use, execute, publish,
               reproduce, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute
               copies, or publicly display the Deliverable Items either during
               or after the term of this Agreement.

Section 7.     INVENTIONS.

        7.1    McCabe agrees that all "Inventions" (as defined below) that
               McCabe may conceive or reduce to practice in the performance of
               his services for IRE during the term of this Agreement and all
               Inventions that may be conceived or reduced to practice by McCabe
               and are based in whole or part upon Confidential Information
               McCabe obtained or conceived as a result of his performing
               services for IRE shall be the exclusive property of IRE and are
               hereby assigned by McCabe without charge to IRE. McCabe may
               utilize any inventions, if IRE signs a written release to that
               effect.

        7.2    "Invention" shall mean any invention, discovery, work of
               authorship, modification, improvement, concept or idea, whether
               patentable or not, including, but not limited to any and all
               intellectual property, products, technologies, machines, devices,
               instruments, processes, methods, techniques, know-how and
               formulae.

Section 8.     NON-COMPETITION AND NON-SOLICITATION.

        8.1    McCabe acknowledges that during its engagement with IRE it, at
               the expense of IRE, was and will be specially trained in the
               business of IRE, it will establish favorable relations with the
               investors, customers, clients, and accounts of IRE and it will
               have access to certain trade secrets and confidential information
               of IRE, all of which have economic significance to IRE.
               Therefore, in consideration of this Agreement and the training
               and relations incident to McCabe's engagement, and to further
               protect the trade secrets and confidential information of IRE,
               McCabe agrees that, during the term of this Agreement and for a
               period of six (6) months following its termination, for any
               reason, (a) McCabe will not engage in, and will not render
               services in any manner or capacity to (e.g., as an employee,
               independent contractor, advisor, consultant, principal, agent,
               partner, officer, director, stockholder, or otherwise), will not
               own an interest in, or otherwise affiliate with the business of
               any person or organization that is engaged in or about to become
               engaged in, any business in competition with the business of IRE
               in the States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa or Wisconsin; and (b)
               McCabe will not call upon, solicit or divert, or attempt to
               divert, investors, clients, customers, suppliers or accounts of
               the business of the Company, regardless of their location (which
               McCabe acknowledges constitute trade secret and confidential
               information of the Company).

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        8.2    Section 8.1 does not prohibit McCabe from owning or purchasing
               any corporate securities that are regularly traded on a
               recognized stock exchange or over-the-counter market, or from
               purchasing and holding less than 10% of the securities of a
               privately held company for personal passive investment purposes,
               or from purchasing and owning any securities of IRE.

        8.3    During the term of this Agreement and for a period of one (1)
               year following its termination, for any reason, McCabe shall not
               directly or indirectly solicit, hire, recruit, or encourage any
               employee or agent of IRE to leave IRE or work for any person or
               entity that is engaged in business in the Ethanol Industry.

Section 9.     RIGHT TO INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.

        9.1    McCabe acknowledges that a breach of any of the terms of Section
               5, 6, 7 or 8 of this Agreement will result in irreparable harm to
               IRE and that a remedy at law for such breach is inadequate and
               that IRE shall therefore be entitled to any and all equitable
               relief, including, but not limited to, injunctive relief and any
               other remedy allowed by law. In light of the unique knowledge of
               McCabe with respect to the business of IRE, McCabe acknowledges
               and agrees that the restrictive covenants contained herein are
               reasonable in duration and scope and not unduly restrictive, and
               are necessary to protect the legitimate business interests of
               IRE. The parties agrees that if any provision of this Agreement
               is held to be unlawful or unenforceable in any respect, such
               illegality or unenforceability shall not affect the legality or
               enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. In the
               event the terms of these restrictive covenants are determined by
               a court of competent jurisdiction to be unreasonable or over
               broad, the parties hereby authorize and request the court to
               apply the "blue pencil doctrine" to modify the unreasonable or
               overly broad covenant to make it valid and enforceable against
               McCabe.

Section 10.    TERMINATION.

        10.1   This Agreement shall terminate at the conclusion of its one-year
               term, unless earlier terminated in accordance with this Section
               10.

        10.2   This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the death or
               disability of Vincent McCabe. Either party may terminate this
               Agreement at any time, effective immediately upon written notice
               to the other party, if the other party shall be in material and
               continuing breach of any of its responsibilities or obligations
               under this Agreement and shall have failed to cure such breach
               within ten (10) days of receiving written notice from the other
               party of the existence of such breach. McCabe may, at its sole
               discretion, terminate this Agreement prior to the expiration of
               its one-year term on ninety days' prior written notice without
               cause. IRE may, at its sole discretion, terminate this Agreement
               prior to the expiration of its one-year term on thirty days'
               prior written notice without cause, subject however to Sections
               2.4 and 2.5 hereof.

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        10.3   The provisions of Sections 5, 6, 7 and 8 of this Agreement shall
               survive the termination of this Agreement and remain in full
               force and effect thereafter.

Section 11.    GENERAL PROVISIONS.

        11.1   In the event a court of competent jurisdiction holds any
               provision of this Agreement unenforceable, such provision shall
               be severed and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
               the remaining provisions.

        11.2   This Agreement constitutes the complete agreement and set forth
               the entire understanding and agreement of the parties as to the
               subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior
               discussions and understandings in respect to the subject matter
               of this Agreement, whether written or oral.

        11.3   No modification, termination or attempted waiver of this
               Agreement, or any provision thereof shall be valid unless in
               writing signed by the party against whom the same is sought to be
               enforced.

        11.4   The waiver by IRE of a breach of any provision of this Agreement
               by McCabe shall not operate as a waiver of any other or
               subsequent breach by Consultant.

        11.5   This Agreement may not be assigned by either party without the
               prior written consent of the other party.

        11.6   This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
               with the laws of the State of Illinois.

        11.7   Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Agreement
               shall be sufficient if in writing and sent by facsimile or by
               certified/registered mail with return receipt requested to the
               addresses set forth below.

               If to IRE:                    If to McCabe:

               Illinois River Energy, LLC    McCabe & Associates, Inc.
               4000 North Division           108 West Kelsey
               Morris, Illinois 60450        Malta, Illinois 60150
               Telephone: (815) 416-0363     Telephone: (815) 825-1650
               Fax:  (815) 942-6418          Fax: __________________

        11.8   This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and
               each fully executed counterpart shall be deemed an original.

        11.9   McCabe and IRE acknowledge that they enter this Agreement of
               their own free will and that they have had ample time and
               opportunity to review and consider this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is executed as of the date set forth above.

ILLINOIS RIVER ENERGY, LLC

By   /s/ Floyd Schultz
  -----------------------------------
Its  President
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VINCENT MCCABE & ASSOCIATES, INC.

By   /s/ Vincent McCabe
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Its  President
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        In consideration for IRE entering into this Agreement, and as owner of
McCabe, the undersigned, Vincent McCabe, agrees to be bound by and adhere to
each of the provisions of Sections 5, 6, 7, and 8 of this Agreement, and further
agrees that all references to "McCabe" in those sections shall mean and include
the undersigned Vincent McCabe individually, and that the covenants, agreements,
obligations, duties and liabilities of McCabe thereunder also shall be the
covenants, agreements, obligations, duties and liabilities of Vincent McCabe,
individually, therender.

VINCENT MCCABE, individually

  /s/ Vincent McCabe
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                                    EXHIBIT A
                       PROJECT COORDINATOR JOB DESCRIPTION
                       ILLINOIS RIVER ENERGY, LLC ("IRE")

OBJECTIVE
The Project Coordinator shall be the day-to-day contact between the Board of
Directors of IRE and the various consultants, advisors and consultants
(collectively "the advisors") assisting IRE. The Project Coordinator is
responsible for the completion of construction of the proposed 40-MGY ethanol
plant.

RESPONSIBILITIES
The Project Coordinator shall:
-    Serve as the contact between the Board and hired the advisors
-    Develop and present policies to the Board for their approval regarding
     decision making to enable the advisors to progress in periods when the
     Board has not had a meeting
-    Be responsible for the day-to-day activities of the advisors
-    Be responsible for the completion of the project
-    Assist the advisors in all steps necessary to:
     -    Select a site
     -    Select a financing plan
     -    Raise equity
     -    Work on grant or low interest loan applications
     -    Work on site development issues
     -    Negotiate TIF agreements, if any
     -    Handle public relations for the Board
     -    Any events necessary to complete the project and remain in good
          standing in the community
-    Notify board members of material events
-    Coordinate board meetings and prepare an agenda for the meetings
-    Maintain a timeline and secure that the events necessary to keep with the
     timeline are happening as scheduled

MILESTONES TIMELINE OF EXPECTATIONS:

               MILESTONE                            DATE

Business Plan Finalized                        April 1, 2002
Equity Meetings Organized                       May 1, 2002
Equity Raised                                 August 1, 2002
Financial Close                               October 1, 2002
Start-up                                      January 1, 2004

The foregoing timeline is one of several guidelines that will be utilized to
evaluate the performance of the Project Coordinator, and failure to meet this
timeline would constitute a material breach of the obligations of the Project
Coordinator under the Agreement. It is the intention of the Board that the
expectations timeline be adjusted if events occur that are outside the control
of the Project Coordinator, as mutually agreed to by the Board and the Project
Coordinator, including but not limited to:

-    Decisions by the Board that change the timing, scope etc.,
-    Failure to achieve the necessary equity investments,
-    Failure of the hired the advisors to achieve their objective
-    Weather related delays

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