UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~October~~September 2521, 2016

ATLAS RESOURCES PUBLIC #17-2008(B) L.P.

(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-53507	26-1466056
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
(State or Other Jurisdiction Of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
Of Incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

Park Place Corporate Center One

1000 Commerce Drive, Suite 400

Pittsburgh, PA 15275

(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (412) 489-0006

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 15.0102 ~~Entry~~Departure ~~into~~of aDirectors ~~Material~~of ~~Definitive~~Certain ~~Agreement~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On ~~October~~September 2521, 2016, the sole member of Atlas Resources, LLC, the managing general partner (the “Managing General Partner”) of Atlas Resources Public #17-2008(B) L.P. (the “Partnership”), ~~entered~~expanded ~~into~~the anboard ~~Assignment~~of ~~and~~directors ~~Bill~~ of ~~Sale (~~the ~~“Assignment”)~~Managing ~~with~~General ~~Atlas~~Partner ~~Resources, LLC, its managing general partner~~ (the “~~Managing General Partner~~Board”), ~~and~~from ~~the~~two ~~other assignees~~to ~~party~~five ~~thereto~~directors. ~~Pursuant~~In addition to ~~the~~existing ~~Assignment,~~directors ~~the~~Freddie ~~Partnership~~Kotek ~~assigned~~and ~~all~~Daniel Herz, ofGary ~~its~~Lichtenstein, ~~assets~~Chris toShebby ~~the~~and ~~Managing~~Jeffrey ~~General~~Slotterback ~~Partner~~were inadded ~~exchange~~as ~~for~~members ~~the Managing General Partner’s assumption~~ of ~~all of~~ the ~~Partnership’s~~Board. ~~liabilities~~Messrs. ~~Furthermore~~Kotek, ~~the~~ ~~Assignment~~Herz ~~provides~~and ~~that,~~Slotterback ~~promptly~~are ~~following~~employees ~~the~~of ~~effective~~an ~~time~~affiliate of the ~~Assignment, the~~ Managing General Partner ~~will~~and ~~cause~~their term of service on the ~~dissolution~~Board ~~and~~is ~~winding~~until upthe appointment of ~~the~~a ~~Partnership~~successor asor ~~promptly~~death, asresignation ~~practicable~~or inremoval. ~~accordance~~The ~~with~~other ~~the~~directors, ~~Partnership’s Amended~~Messrs. Lichtenstein and ~~Restated~~Shebby, ~~Certificate~~are ~~and~~not ~~Agreement~~employees of ~~Limited~~the ~~Partnership,~~Managing asGeneral ~~amended.~~Partner ~~Following~~or ~~the~~any ~~transactions~~of ~~pursuant~~its toaffiliates ~~the~~and ~~Assignment,~~were ~~the~~appointed ~~Partnership~~to ~~has~~initial noone-year ~~assets~~terms, orwith ~~liabilities~~annual compensation of $30,000.

~~This~~Messrs. ~~summary~~Lichtenstein ofand ~~the~~Shebby ~~Assignment~~served ~~does~~on ~~not~~a ~~purport~~special tocommittee beof ~~complete~~the ~~and~~Board isthat ~~subject~~approved ~~to,~~the ~~and~~sale ~~qualified~~of inall ~~its~~of ~~entirety by,~~ the Partnership’s ~~full~~assets ~~text~~to of the ~~Assignment,~~ ~~which~~Managing isGeneral ~~filed~~Partner aspursuant ~~Exhibit~~to ~~10.1~~an toAssignment ~~this~~and ~~Current~~Bill ~~Report~~of onSale, ~~Form~~dated ~~8-K~~October 25, 2016, and isthe ~~incorporated~~eventual byliquidation ~~reference~~of ~~herein~~the Partnership.

Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

The description of the Assignment and the transactions thereunder included under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

ExhibitNumber		Description
10.1		Assignment and Bill of Sale, dated October 25, 2016, among Atlas Resources Public #17-2008(B) L.P., the assignors party thereto and Atlas Resources, LLC.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Exhibit Index

ExhibitNumber		Description
10.1		Assignment and Bill of Sale, dated October 25, 2016, among Atlas Resources Public #17-2008(B) L.P., the assignors party thereto and Atlas Resources, LLC.

Dated: October 31, 2016

ATLAS RESOURCES PUBLIC #17-2008(B) L.P. By: Atlas Resources, LLC, its Managing General Partner

Dated: December 9, 2016

ATLAS RESOURCES PUBLIC #17-2008(B) L.P. By: Atlas Resources, LLC, its Managing General Partner

/s/ Jeffrey M. Slotterback

Jeffrey M. Slotterback

Chief Financial Officer of the Managing General Partner

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