October 24, 2016
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: | Mr. Joel Parker | |
| Senior Assistant Chief Accountant | ||
| Office of Beverages, Apparel and Mining |
| Re: | Fairmount Santrol Holdings Inc. |
| Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2015 |
| Filed March 15, 2016 |
| File No. 001-36670 |
Dear Mr. Parker:
This letter confirms the receipt by Fairmount Santrol Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) of the comments provided by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission in its comment letter dated October 12, 2016 (the “Comment Letter”). As our counsel discussed with you this afternoon, the Company hereby requests additional time to respond to the Comment Letter due to constraints on the availability of Company personnel. Absent your response denying this request, the Company anticipates it will file its response to the Comment Letter on or before Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
Please call me at (440) 279-0202 if you have any questions or would like to discuss this request in more detail.
Very truly yours,
/s/ David J. Crandall
David J. Crandall
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
| cc: | Jenniffer D. Deckard |
| Michael F. Biehl |
| Arthur C. Hall III, Esq. |
