AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO OPERATIONAL SERVICES AND SECONDMENT AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.23(b)

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO OPERATIONAL SERVICES AND SECONDMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO OPERATIONAL SERVICES AND SECONDMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is entered into as of January 4, 2016, and dated effective as of January 1, 2016 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Green Plains Inc., an Iowa corporation (“GPRE”) and Green Plains Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GP”).  GPRE and GP are sometimes herein referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend the Operational Services and Secondment Agreement effective July 1, 2015, between the Parties (the “Agreement”) on the terms and conditions set forth herein. Terms used herein not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual premises of the parties and covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Exhibit A “Partnership Assets” is replaced in its entirety with the Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

[Signature Page Follows]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the day and year first above written.

	GREEN PLAINS INC.
	Signature:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
	Print Name:	Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer
	GREEN PLAINS HOLDINGS LLC
	Signature:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
	Print Name:	Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT A

Partnership Assets

The Partnership Assets consist of all above and below-ground equipment, facilities and improvements owned (in whole or in part) or leased by any Partnership Entities, or with respect to which any of the Partnership Entities have the right and/or obligation to operate and/or maintain, at each of the following locations (including each of the railcar assets):

Terminals

Entity	Terminal Address
BBTL, LLC	0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xx. Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Birmingham BioEnergy Partners, LLC	0000 00xx Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
BlendStar LLC	n/a
Bossier City BioEnergy Partners, LLC	0000 Xxxxxx Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Xxxxxxx BioEnergy Partners, LLC	0000 Xxxxxxx 00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Green Plains Capital Company LLC	n/a
Green Plains Ethanol Storage LLC	See Ethanol Storage location Annex Below
Green Plains Logistics LLC	n/a
Green Plains Operating Company LLC	n/a
Green Plains Partners LP	n/a
Green Plains Trucking II LLC	None
Little Rock BioEnergy Partners, LLC	000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Louisville BioEnergy Partners, LLC	0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Nashville BioEnergy Partners, LLC	0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xx. Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx. Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Oklahoma City BioEnergy Partners, LLC	000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000

Green Plains Ethanol Storage LLC Locations Annex:

00000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx

Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000

00000 XX Xxx 00

X’Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000

0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000

000 00xx Xxxxxx

Xxxxxxx Xxxx, XX  00000

0000 Xxxxx Xxxx

Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000

0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx 0

Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000

000 X. 0xx Xxxxxx

Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000

0000 000xx Xxxxxx

Xxxxxx, XX 00000

00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx

Xxxx, XX 00000 (Physical Address)

0000 XxXxxxxx Xxxx

Xxxxx XX 00000

00000 Xxx-X Xxxx

Xxx, XX 00000

00000 - 000xx Xxxxxx

Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000-0000

0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx

Xxxxxxxxxx XX 00000

0000 000xx Xxx

Xxxxxxxx XX 00000

0000 Xxxxx 000xx Xxxx

Xxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000-0000

Storage Tanks

30 ethanol storage facilities and the real property related thereto at the following locations:

Atkinson, Nebraska

O’Neill, Nebraska

Bluffton, Indiana

Central City, Nebraska

Fairmont, Minnesota

Hereford, Texas

Hopewell, Virginia

Lakota, Iowa

Obion, Tennessee

Ord, Nebraska

Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Riga, Michigan

Shenandoah, Iowa

Superior, Iowa

Wood River, Nebraska

Railcars

Approximately 2,500 leased railcars