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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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FORM 8-K


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


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 28, 2009


Rockies Region 2006 Limited Partnership
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


West Virginia
000-52787
20-5149573
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)


1775 Sherman Street, Suite 3000, Denver, Colorado  80203
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

303-860-5800
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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Item 4.01  Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant

(a) Dismissal of Current Accountants

On May 28, 2009, Petroleum Development Corporation, the managing general partner of Rockies Region 2006 Limited Partnership (the "Registrant"), recommended, and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Petroleum Development Corporation ratified, the dismissal of Schneider Downs & Co., Inc. (“Schneider Downs”) as the Registrant's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.  The Registrant does not have its own audit committee and, therefore, relies upon and utilizes the services of the managing general partner’s audit committee.

The audit report of Schneider Downs on the Registrant's financial statements as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.

In connection with the audit of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the subsequent interim period through May 28, 2009, there were no: (1) disagreements with Schneider Downs on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreement(s), if not resolved to their satisfaction, would have caused them to make reference in connection with their report to the subject matter of the disagreement(s), or (2) reportable events, except that:

1.  
The following material weakness in internal control over financial reporting was identified related to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and the subsequent interim period through May 28, 2009, as follows:

The Partnership did not maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, over transactions that are directly related to and processed by the Partnership, in that the Partnership failed to maintain sufficient documentation to adequately assess the operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.  More specifically, the Partnership’s financial close and reporting narrative failed to adequately describe the process, identify key controls and assess segregation of duties.  This material weakness has not yet been remediated as of May 28, 2009.

Schneider Downs has been authorized to respond fully to the inquiries of the successor independent registered public accounting firm concerning the subject matter of the foregoing.

The Registrant has provided Schneider Downs with a copy of the foregoing statements and requested that Schneider Downs furnish the Registrant with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether Schneider Downs agrees with the foregoing statements, and, if not, stating the respects in which Schneider Downs does not agree.  A letter from Schneider Downs is attached as Exhibit 16 to this Form 8-K.


(b)  New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

On May 28, 2009, the Audit Committee of the managing general partner recommended and its Board of Directors ratified the engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC") as the Registrant's independent registered public accounting firm.

During the two fiscal years ended December 31, 2008, and through May 28, 2009,  the Registrant has not consulted with PwC regarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed; or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Registrant's financial statements, and neither a written report was provided to the Registrant nor oral advice was provided that PwC concluded was an important factor considered by the Registrant in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement, as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of SEC Regulation S-K, or a reportable event required to be reported under Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
 
 

 


EXHIBIT INDEX

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 
16.
Letter from Schneider Downs & Co., Inc. to the Securities and Exchange Commission dated June 2, 2009.


SIGNATURES

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


ROCKIES REGION 2006 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By its Managing General Partner
Petroleum Development Corporation

Date:
June 2, 2009
   
By:
/s/ Richard W. McCullough
 
Richard W. McCullough
 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer