August 31, 2016

BY EDGAR

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention:	Mr. H. Roger Schwall
	Mr. Kevin Dougherty

Re:	Valero Energy Partners LP
	Registration Statement on Form S-3
	File No. 333-213305

Dear Mr. Schwall and Mr. Dougherty:

Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Valero Energy Partners LP (the “Registrant”) hereby requests that the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-3 be accelerated to 1:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on September 1, 2016, or as soon as practicable thereafter.

The Registrant hereby acknowledges that:

1. should the Securities and Exchange Commission (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;

2. the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

3. the Registrant 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.

Sincerely,

VALERO ENERGY PARTNERS LP

/s/ Steve Gilbert

Steve Gilbert

Vice President and Secretary