FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
                                                                                  
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
                      

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Watkins Gary D. 		2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP [ TEP ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director                      _____ 10% Owner
__ X __ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below)
VP & Chief Accounting Officer
(Last)          (First)          (Middle)

4200 W. 115TH STREET, SUITE 350 		3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY)

5/31/2018
(Street)

LEAWOOD, KS 66211
(City)        (State)        (Zip)
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

 
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Trans. Date 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 3. Trans. 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 Units representing limited partner interests   5/31/2018     F (1)    928   (1) D $42.69   60365   (2) D    

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Trans. Date 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 4. Trans. 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 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(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

Explanation of Responses:
(1)  3,200 Equity Participation Units (the "EPUs") held by the Reporting Person vested on May 13, 2018. On May 31, 2018, pursuant to an election exercised by the Reporting Person, 928 EPUs were withheld to satisfy his tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of the EPUs. This is not an open market sale of securities.
(2)  Includes 40,200 unvested EPUs granted to the Reporting Person, of which (i) 3,200 will vest on May 13, 2019, (ii) 2,000 will vest on November 1, 2019, and (iii) 35,000 will vest on the earliest date on or after April 1, 2021, on which the average compounded annual distribution growth rate for regular quarterly Issuer distributions, based upon the regular quarterly distribution paid by the Issuer on, or immediately prior to, such date is at least 5% over an annualized distribution rate of $3.34 per common unit, as determined by the board of directors of the general partner of the Issuer (the "Distribution Hurdle Date"). If the Distribution Hurdle Date has not occurred by August 2, 2024, the 35,000 EPUs described in clause (iii) will expire and terminate and no vesting will occur.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address
Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Watkins Gary D.
4200 W. 115TH STREET, SUITE 350
LEAWOOD, KS 66211

VP & Chief Accounting Officer

Signatures
/s/ Christopher R. Jones, Attorney-in-Fact 6/1/2018
** Signature of Reporting Person Date


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