LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


	Know all by these present that each of the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints James J. Connors, II, Howard A. Matlin and Rosanna T.
Leone, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as
such undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power and
authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead
of the undersigned to:
(1)	executed and deliver for and on behalf of the undersigned (i) any and all
Forms 3, 4 and 5 relating to Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP, a Delaware limited
partnership (the "Partnership") and required to be filed in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act") and the rules thereunder and (ii) any and all schedules relating to the
Partnership required to be filed in accordance with Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act and the rules thereunder (together, the "Forms and Schedules"), in
the undersigned's capacity as a director of the Tallgrass MLP GP, LLC, the
General Partner of the Partnership and/or as a managing member of Kelso GP VIII,
LLC and/or KEP VI AIV (Rubicon), LLC, and in and all other capacities pursuant
to which such Forms and Schedules may be required to be filed by the
undersigned;
(2)	do and perform any and all acts and on behalf of the undersigned which may
be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms and timely file
such Forms and Schedules with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will
contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her
discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither the Partnership nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability
for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of the
Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply
with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned
for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility
for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act,
including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for an on
behalf of he undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Limited Power of Attorney.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact.


	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 15th day of March, 2016.


  /s/ Matthew S. Edgerton
Matthew S. Edgerton



  /s/ Stephen C. Dutton
Stephen C. Dutton


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