Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Kimsey David K
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/01/2016		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Summit Midstream Partners, LP [SMLP]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP, 1790 HUGHES LANDING BLVD., SUITE 500		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
See Remarks
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

THE WOODLANDS, TX 77380		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Units 261
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Phantom Units (1)   (2)   (3) Common Units 802 $ 0 D  
Phantom Units (1)   (4)   (3) Common Units 1,474 $ 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Kimsey David K
C/O SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP
1790 HUGHES LANDING BLVD., SUITE 500
THE WOODLANDS, TX 77380		       See Remarks  

Signatures

/s/ Brock M. Degeyter, Attorney-in-Fact for David K. Kimsey 03/04/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Each phantom unit is the economic equivalent of one common unit.
(2) One-third of the phantom units subject to the original award agreement vested on March 15, 2015, with the remaining two-thirds of the phantom units subject to vesting on March 15, 2016 and March 15, 2017, respectively, subject to continued employment. The Reporting Person received DERs for each phantom unit, providing for payment on the vesting date of a lump sum of cash equal to the accrued distributions from and after the the grant date of the phantom units.
(3) The phantom units and associated DERs do not expire. The phantom units are settled upon vesting in common units (on a one-for-one basis) or in cash, at the discretion of the Issuer.
(4) One-third of the phantom units shall vest on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the March 15, 2015 grant date, subject to continued employment. The Reporting Person received DERs for each phantom unit, providing for payment on the vesting date of a lump sum of cash equal to the accrued distributions from and after the grant date of the phantom units.
 
Remarks:
The Reporting Person is Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Summit Midstream GP, LLC, the general partner of the Issuer (the "General Partner"). The Issuer is managed by the directors and executive officers of the General Partner.

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