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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Lebovitz Scott L   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CVR ENERGY INC [CVI] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., 200 WEST STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/10/2011 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10282 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 01/10/2011   P   200 A $ 15.18 15,113,654 I See footnotes (1) (2) (3) Common Stock 01/10/2011   P   200 A $ 15.19 15,113,854 I See footnotes (1) (2) (3) Common Stock 01/10/2011   P   400 A $ 15.2 15,114,254 I See footnotes (1) (2) (3) Common Stock 01/10/2011   P   1,200 A $ 15.21 15,115,454 I See footnotes (1) (2) (3) Common Stock 01/10/2011   P   3,620 A $ 15.22 15,119,074 I See footnotes (1) (2) (3) Common Stock 01/12/2011   P   2,533 A $ 15.5 15,121,607 I See footnotes (1) (2) (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Lebovitz Scott L C/O GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK, NY 10282	X

Signatures

/s/ Yvette Kosic, Attorney-in-fact		01/19/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The Reporting Person is a managing director of Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs"). Goldman Sachs is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group"). The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, if any.
(2)	The shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of CVR Energy, Inc. (the "Company") reported herein as indirectly purchased were beneficially owned directly by Goldman Sachs and indirectly by GS Group. Without admitting any legal obligation, Goldman Sachs or another wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group will remit appropriate profits, if any, to the Company.
(3)	Goldman Sachs beneficially owns directly and GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 8,353 shares of Common Stock. Goldman Sachs and GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 15,113,254 shares of Common Stock that are beneficially owned directly by Coffeyville Acquisition II LLC ("CA II") through certain investment partnerships that are members of and own common units of CA II because (i) affiliates of Goldman Sachs and GS Group are the general partner, managing limited partner, managing partner, managing member or member of those investment partnerships and (ii) those investment partnerships control CA II and have the power to vote or dispose of the Common Stock owned by CA II.

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