UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

____________________________

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

~~PURSUANT~~Pursuant TOto ~~SECTION~~Section 13 ORor 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~Securities~~Date ~~Exchange~~of ~~Act~~Report (Date of ~~1934~~earliest event reported): October 3, 2017

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 10, 2017

ALON USA PARTNERS, LP

(Exact ~~Name~~name of ~~Registrant~~registrant as ~~Specified~~specified in ~~Charter~~its charter)

Delaware(State or Other Jurisdictionof Incorporation) 001-35742(CommissionFile Number) 46-0810241(IRS EmployerIdentification No.)



Delaware	001-35742	46-0810241
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

7102 Commerce Way



7102 Commerce Way Brentwood, Tennessee	37027
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Brentwood, Tennessee 37027

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (615) 771-6701

~~____________________________~~Not Applicable

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Item 54.~~02.~~01 Changes ~~Departure~~in ofRegistrant's ~~Directors~~Certifying ~~or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Accountant.

~~Appointment~~(a) Dismissal of ~~Officers~~Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

On ~~August~~October 103, 2017, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Audit Committee") of Alon USA Partners GP, LLC (~~“Alon~~"the ~~GP”~~"General Partner"), the general partner of Alon USA Partners, LP (the ~~“Company”~~"Partnership"), ~~appointed~~dismissed ~~Frederec~~KPMG ~~Green~~LLP ("KPMG") as ~~Executive~~the ~~Vice~~Partnership's ~~President~~independent ~~and~~registered ~~Chief~~public ~~Executive~~accounting ~~Officer and Kevin Kremke as Executive Vice President~~firm, ~~Chief~~effective ~~Financial~~for ~~Officer~~the &reporting ~~Secretary~~periods ~~(collectively,~~commencing ~~the~~July ~~“Appointed Officers”)~~1, 2017.

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~~Kevin~~During ~~Kremke,~~the ~~45,~~Partnership's ~~served~~two asmost ~~the~~recent ~~Company’s~~fiscal ~~Executive~~years ~~Vice~~ended ~~President~~December 31, 2016 and ~~Secretary~~2015 ~~since~~and ~~July~~through October 3, 2017., ~~Mr.~~the ~~Kremke~~Partnership has ~~also~~not ~~served~~had asany ~~Delek’s~~disagreement ~~Executive~~with ~~Vice~~KPMG ~~President~~on ~~and~~any ~~Chief~~matter ~~Financial~~of ~~Officer~~accounting ~~since~~principles ~~June~~or ~~2017~~practices, ~~and~~financial asstatement ~~its~~disclosure ~~Executive~~or ~~Vice~~auditing ~~President~~scope ~~since~~or ~~April~~procedures, ~~2017.~~which ~~Prior~~disagreement, toif ~~joining~~not ~~Delek~~resolved into ~~April~~KPMG's ~~2017~~satisfaction, ~~Mr.~~would ~~Kremke~~have ~~served~~caused asKPMG ~~the~~to ~~Chief~~make ~~Financial~~reference ~~Officer~~to ofthe ~~Ciner~~subject ~~Resources~~matter ~~Corporation~~of ~~and~~the ~~Ciner~~disagreement ~~Resources~~in ~~LP,~~connection awith ~~publicly~~its ~~traded~~reports. In ~~master limited partnership~~addition, ~~since~~during ~~June~~the ~~2014,~~Partnership's ~~and~~two asmost ~~director~~recent offiscal ~~the~~years ~~general~~ended ~~partner~~December of31, ~~Ciner~~2016 ~~Resources~~and ~~LP,~~2015 ~~since~~and ~~December~~through ~~2014.~~October ~~His~~3, ~~responsibilities~~2017 atthere ~~Ciner~~were ~~Resources~~no ~~Corporation~~"reportable ~~included~~events" ~~overseeing~~as ~~the~~that ~~overall~~term ~~financing~~is ~~activities,~~defined ~~strategic~~in ~~planning,~~Item ~~investor~~304(a)(1)(v) ~~relations,~~of ~~treasury~~Regulation ~~and accounting~~S-K. The Hereports ~~also~~of ~~has~~KPMG ~~served~~ on the ~~audit~~Partnership's ~~committee~~consolidated offinancial ~~American~~statements ~~Natural~~for ~~Soda~~the ~~Ash~~fiscal ~~Corporation~~years ~~since~~ended ~~June~~December ~~2014.~~31, ~~From~~2016 ~~August~~and ~~2011~~2015 todid ~~February~~not ~~2014,~~contain ~~Mr.~~an ~~Kremke~~adverse ~~served~~opinion asor ~~the~~a ~~vice~~disclaimer ~~president~~ of ~~finance~~opinion and ~~strategic~~were ~~planning~~not atqualified ~~Cheniere~~or ~~Energy~~modified as to uncertainty, ~~Inc~~audit scope or accounting principles.

InThe ~~connection~~Partnership provided KPMG with ~~the~~a ~~appointment~~copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K prior to its filing with the ~~Appointed~~Securities ~~Officers,~~and ~~Alan~~Exchange ~~Moret~~Commission ("SEC") and ~~Shai~~requested ~~Even~~that ~~have~~KPMG ~~each~~furnish ~~resigned~~it ~~their~~with ~~respective~~a ~~officer~~letter ~~positions~~addressed to the SEC stating whether or not it agrees with the ~~Company~~above statements. A copy of KPMG's letter, dated October 6, 2017, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

~~SIGNATURE~~(b) Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

On October 3, 2017 the Audit Committee of our General Partner, approved the engagement of Ernst & Young, LLP ("EY") as the Partnership's independent registered public accounting firm, commencing July 1, 2017, for the Partnership's quarter ending September 30, 2017 and for the Successor statements included in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.

In connection with the Audit Committee's appointment of EY as the Partnership's independent registered public accounting firm, neither the Partnership nor the General Partner, nor any person on their behalf, has consulted EY on any matter relating to either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specific transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Partnership's financial statements or (ii) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or a "reportable event" as that item is described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(a)	Financial statements of businesses acquired.

Not applicable.


(b)	Pro forma financial information.

Not applicable.


(c)	Shell Partnership transactions.

Not applicable.


(d)	Exhibits.


16.1	Letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission from KPMG LLP, dated October 6, 2017.

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.

			Alon USA Partners, LP
Dated: October 6, 2017		Alon USA Partners, LP
	By:	~~By:~~Alon USA Partners, GP, LLCits general partner	~~Alon USA Partners GP, LLC~~
			its general partner
		/s/ Kevin Kremke
Date:	August 11, 2017	By:	/s/ Kevin Kremke
		Name: Kevin Kremke
			Kevin Kremke
		Title: Executive Vice President / Chief Financial Officer
			Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No. Description

16.1Letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission from KPMG LLP, dated October 6, 2017.

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