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		Compass Minerals 9900 W. 109^th Street, Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66210 www.compassminerals.com 913-344-9200

Mr. Robert Babula

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

Washington, D.C. 20549

December 20, 2019

RE: Compass Minerals International, Inc.

Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018

Filed March 1, 2019

File No. 001-31921

Dear Mr. Babula:

This letter is to confirm that, in a conversation today with Ms. Sondra Snyder, it was agreed that Compass Minerals International, Inc. would respond to the Division of Corporation Finance’s letter dated December 19, 2019 regarding the above-referenced filing, on or before January 20, 2020.

Please contact me at (913) 344-9200 with any further questions regarding this matter.



	Sincerely,

	/s/ James D. Standen
	James D. Standen
	Chief Financial Officer
	and Principal Accounting Officer