UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

~~Pursuant~~Date toof ~~Section 13~~Report ~~or 15~~(d)Date of earliest event reported): September 17, 2009

~~the~~TEPPCO ~~Securities~~PARTNERS, ~~Exchange Act of 1934~~L.P.

~~Date of Report~~ (~~Date~~Exact name of ~~earliest~~registrant ~~event~~as ~~reported):~~specified ~~September~~in 2,its ~~2009~~ charter)

Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) 1-10403 (Commission File Number) 76- 0291058 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ~~1-10403~~)

~~TEPPCO~~1100 ~~Partners~~Louisiana, ~~L.P.~~Suite 1600 Houston, Texas 77002

(~~Exact~~Address ~~name~~ of ~~Registrant~~Principal asExecutive ~~specified~~Offices, inincluding ~~its~~Zip ~~charter~~Code)

Delaware				76-0291058
(State or other jurisdiction				(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)				Identification Number)

(713) 381- 3636

~~1100~~(Registrant’s ~~Louisiana~~Telephone ~~Street~~Number, ~~Suite~~including ~~1600~~Area Code)

Houston, Texas 77002

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(713) 381-3636

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5 8.~~02.~~01 ~~Departure~~Other ~~of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Events.

On As ~~September~~previously 2disclosed, ~~2009~~in August 2008, ~~Samuel~~a Nsubsidiary of Enterprise Products Partners L.P. ~~Brown~~(NYSE: ~~notified~~EPD) (“Enterprise”), ~~management~~a subsidiary of TEPPCO Partners, L.P. (~~the~~NYSE: TPP) (“~~Partnership~~TEPPCO”) and a subsidiary of Oiltanking ~~his~~Holding ~~resignation~~Americas, ~~from~~Inc. (“Oiltanking”) formed the ~~position~~Texas ofOffshore ~~Vice~~Port ~~President~~System (“TOPS”) to design, construct, ~~Commercial~~own ~~Downstream~~and ofoperate a Texas ~~Eastern~~offshore ~~Products~~crude ~~Pipeline~~oil ~~Company,~~port ~~LLC,~~and ~~the~~pipeline ~~general~~system ~~partner~~to facilitate delivery of waterborne crude oil to refining centers along the ~~Partnership,~~upper ~~effective~~Texas Gulf Coast. The total ~~September~~cost ~~16,~~of ~~2009~~the project was estimated at $1.8 billion.

A Effective April 16, ~~copy~~2009, of the ~~news~~Enterprise and TEPPCO ~~release~~subsidiaries ~~relating~~each elected to dissociate, ~~this~~or ~~disclosure~~exit isfrom, ~~furnished~~the ~~herewith~~TOPS aspartnership ~~Exhibit~~and 99forfeit their respective investments and one-third ownership interests in the partnership.1 As a result, Enterprise and TEPPCO each reflected a non-cash charge of $34.2 million in their respective net income amounts for the second quarter of 2009. These losses represented Enterprise’s and TEPPCO’s cumulative investments in TOPS through the date of dissociation.

~~Item~~ In 9connection with the dissociation of TEPPCO and Enterprise from TOPS, Oiltanking filed an original petition against certain affiliates of Enterprise (collectively, the “Enterprise Parties”) and certain affiliates of TEPPCO (collectively the “TEPPCO Parties”) in the District Court of Harris County, Texas, 61st Judicial District (Cause No.~~01.~~ ~~Financial~~2009-31367), ~~Statements~~asserting, among other things, that the dissociation was wrongful and ~~Exhibits~~in breach of the TOPS partnership agreement, citing provisions of the agreement that, if applicable, would continue to obligate Enterprise and TEPPCO to make capital contributions to fund the project and impose liabilities on Enterprise and TEPPCO.

~~(d)~~ On ~~Exhibits. The~~September 17, ~~information~~2009, inthe ~~Exhibit~~Enterprise ~~99.1~~Parties isand ~~“furnished”~~the ~~and~~TEPPCO ~~not~~Parties ~~“filed”~~entered ~~for~~into ~~purposes~~a ofsettlement with ~~Section~~certain 18affiliates of Oiltanking and ~~the~~TOPS, ~~Securities~~which ~~Exchange~~resolves ~~Act~~all ofdisputes ~~1934,~~between orthe ~~otherwise~~parties ~~subject~~related to the ~~liabilities~~business ofand ~~that~~affairs ~~section. It~~of ~~may~~the ~~only~~TOPS beproject ~~incorporated~~(including ~~by reference in another filing under~~ the ~~Securities~~litigation ~~Exchange~~described ~~Act of~~above). ~~1934~~Each ~~or the Securities Act~~ of Enterprise ~~1933~~and ifTEPPCO ~~and~~expects to ~~the~~recognize ~~extent~~approximately ~~such~~$33.5 million ~~subsequent~~in ~~filing~~expense ~~specifically~~during ~~references~~ the ~~information~~third quarter asof ~~being~~2009 ~~incorporated~~in byconnection ~~reference~~with ~~therein~~the settlement.

~~99.~~1 ~~Press Release of TEPPCO Partners, L.P., dated September 3, 2009~~

~~SIGNATURE~~SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this ~~report~~Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	TEPPCO PARTNERS, L.P.	~~TEPPCO PARTNERS, L.P.~~
		(Registrant)
	By:	Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC,its General Partner
		By: Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC General Partner
Date: September 18, 2009	By:	/s/ Jerry E. Thompson
Date: September 3, 2009		By:	/s/ Patricia A. Totten
		Jerry E. Thompson
			Patricia A. Totten
		President and Chief Executive Officer
			Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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