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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Rothka John   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CONSOL Coal Resources LP [CCR] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SEE REMARKS (Last) (First) (Middle) 1000 CONSOL ENERGY DRIVE, SUITE 100 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/29/2018 (Street) CANONSBURG, PA 15317 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Units (Limited Partner Interests) 01/29/2018   M   1,477 A $ 0 2,411 D   Common Units (Limited Partner Interests) 01/29/2018   F   499 (1) D $ 16.1 1,912 D   Common Units (Limited Partner Interests) 01/31/2018   M   616 A $ 0 2,528 D   Common Units (Limited Partner Interests) 01/31/2018   F   208 (1) D $ 15.85 2,320 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Phantom Units (rights to common units)

(2)

01/29/2018

M

1,477

(3)

(4)

Common Units (Limited Partner Interests)

1,477

$ 0

1,477

D

Phantom Units (rights to common units)

(2)

01/31/2018

M

616

(5)

(4)

Common Units (Limited Partner Interests)

616

$ 0

1,231

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Rothka John 1000 CONSOL ENERGY DRIVE, SUITE 100 CANONSBURG, PA 15317			SEE REMARKS

Signatures

/s/ Martha A. Wiegand, as Attorney-in-Fact for John M. Rothka		01/31/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(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)	Represents common units withheld to satisfy the reporting person's tax liability from the vesting of phantom units previously granted to him.
(2)	Each phantom unit was the economic equivalent of one common unit.
(3)	1,477 phantom units vested and settled on January 29, 2018. The remaining 1,477 phantom units vest on January 29, 2019.
(4)	The phantom units expire upon settlement. The phantom units are settled upon vesting in common units (on a one-for-one basis) or, at the discretion of the Issuer, in cash.
(5)	616 phantom units vested and settled on January 31, 2018. The remaining 1,231 phantom units vest as follows: 616 phantom units vest on January 31, 2019 and 615 phantom units vest on January 31, 2020.
Remarks: The reporting person is the Chief Accounting Officer of CONSOL Coal Resources 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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