Rice Midstream Partners LP
400 Woodcliff Drive
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 15317
February 2, 2016
By EDGAR
Mara L. Ransom, Assistant Director
Charlie Guidry, Staff Attorney
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | Rice Midstream Partners LP |
| Registration Statement on Form S-3 |
| File No. 333-209089 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Rice Midstream Partners LP (the “Partnership”), and pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned hereby requests that the effective date of the above referenced Registration Statement on Form S-3 be accelerated to 3:00 p.m. (Washington, D.C. time) on February 4, 2016, or as soon thereafter as practicable, unless the Partnership notifies you otherwise prior to such time. As requested by the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), the Partnership hereby acknowledges that:
| • | should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; |
| • | the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Partnership from its full responsibility for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing; and |
| • | the Partnership may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
| Very truly yours, | ||
| Rice Midstream Partners LP | ||
| By: | Rice Midstream Management LLC, its general partner | |
| By: | /s/ William E. Jordan | |
| Name: | William E. Jordan | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |
