Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 17 CFR 240.13(A)-14(A)
(SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION)
I, Mark Drake, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Southwest Iowa
Renewable Energy, LLC;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were
made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of Southwest Iowa
Renewable Energy, LLC, as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC's other certifying officers and I
are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and
internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-(f) for Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC, and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure that material information relating to Southwest Iowa Renewable
Energy, LLC, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us
by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which
this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused
such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles; and
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy,
LLC's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on
such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any changes in Southwest Iowa Renewable
Energy, LLC's internal control over financial reporting that occurred
during Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC's most recent fiscal quarter
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC's internal control over financial
reporting.
5. Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC's other certifying officers and I
have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC's auditors and the
audit committee of Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC's board of directors (or
persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy,
LLC's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in Southwest Iowa Renewable
Energy, LLC's internal controls over financial reporting.
Date: August 14, 2008 /s/ Mark Drake
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Mark Drake, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
