diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
index c73fac3..27f4fab 100644
--- a/doc/source/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/index.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
    plugin-registry
    library
    microversion_testing
+   test-removal
 
 ------------
 Field Guides
diff --git a/doc/source/test-removal.rst b/doc/source/test-removal.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6570bb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/test-removal.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+Tempest Test Removal Procedure
+==============================
+
+Historically tempest was the only way of doing functional testing and
+integration testing in OpenStack. This was mostly only an artifact of tempest
+being the only proven pattern for doing this, not an artifact of a design
+decision. However, moving forward as functional testing is being spun up in
+each individual project we really only want tempest to be the integration test
+suite it was intended to be; testing the high level interactions between
+projects through REST API requests. In this model there are probably existing
+tests that aren't the best fit living in tempest. However, since tempest is
+largely still the only gating test suite in this space we can't carelessly rip
+out everything from the tree. This document outlines the procedure which was
+developed to ensure we minimize the risk for removing something of value from
+the tempest tree.
+
+This procedure might seem overly conservative and slow paced, but this is by
+design to try and ensure we don't remove something that is actually providing
+value. Having potential duplication between testing is not a big deal
+especially compared to the alternative of removing something which is actually
+providing value and is actively catching bugs, or blocking incorrect patches
+from landing.
+
+Proposing a test removal
+------------------------
+
+3 prong rule for removal
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+In the proposal etherpad we'll be looking for answers to 3 questions
+
+ #. The tests proposed for removal must have equiv. coverage in a different
+    project's test suite (whether this is another gating test project, or an in
+    tree funcitonal test suite) For API tests preferably the other project will
+    have a similar source of friction in place to prevent breaking api changes
+    so that we don't regress and let breaking api changes slip through the
+    gate.
+ #. The test proposed for removal has a failure rate <  0.50% in the gate over
+    the past release (the value and interval will likely be adjusted in the
+    future)
+ #. There must not be an external user/consumer of tempest that depends on the
+    test proposed for removal
+
+The answers to 1 and 2 are easy to verify. For 1 just provide a link to the new
+test location. If you are linking to the tempest removal patch please also put
+a Depends-On in the commit message for the commit which moved the test into
+another repo.
+
+For prong 2 you can use OpenStack-Health:
+
+Using OpenStack-Health
+""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+Go to: http://status.openstack.org/openstack-health and then navigate to a per
+test page for six months. You'll end up with a page that will graph the success
+and failure rates on the bottom graph. For example, something like `this URL`_.
+
+.. _this URL: http://status.openstack.org/openstack-health/#/test/tempest.scenario.test_volume_boot_pattern.TestVolumeBootPatternV2.test_volume_boot_pattern?groupKey=project&resolutionKey=day&duration=P6M
+
+The Old Way using subunit2sql directly
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+SELECT * from tests where test_id like "%test_id%";
+(where $test_id is the full test_id, but truncated to the class because of
+setupclass or teardownclass failures)
+
+You can access the infra mysql subunit2sql db w/ read-only permissions with:
+
+ * hostname: logstash.openstack.org
+ * username: query
+ * password: query
+ * db_name: subunit2sql
+
+For example if you were trying to remove the test with the id:
+tempest.api.compute.admin.test_flavors_negative.FlavorsAdminNegativeTestJSON.test_get_flavor_details_for_deleted_flavor
+you would run the following:
+
+ #. run: "mysql -u query -p -h logstash.openstack.org subunit2sql" to connect
+    to the subunit2sql db
+ #. run the query: MySQL [subunit2sql]> select * from tests where test_id like
+    "tempest.api.compute.admin.test_flavors_negative.FlavorsAdminNegativeTestJSON%";
+    which will return a table of all the tests in the class (but it will also
+    catch failures in setupClass and tearDownClass)
+ #. paste the output table with numbers and the mysql command you ran to
+    generate it into the etherpad.
+
+Eventually a cli interface will be created to make that a bit more friendly.
+Also a dashboard is in the works so we don't need to manually run the command.
+
+The intent of the 2nd prong is to verify that moving the test into a project
+specific testing is preventing bugs (assuming the tempest tests were catching
+issues) from bubbling up a layer into tempest jobs. If we're seeing failure
+rates above a certain threshold in the gate checks that means the functional
+testing isn't really being effective in catching that bug (and therefore
+blocking it from landing) and having the testing run in tempest still has
+value.
+
+However for the 3rd prong verification is a bit more subjective. The original
+intent of this prong was mostly for refstack/defcore and also for things that
+running on the stable branches. We don't want to remove any tests if that
+would break our api consistency checking between releases, or something that
+defcore/refstack is depending on being in tempest. It's worth pointing out
+that if a test is used in defcore as part of interop testing then it will
+probably have continuing value being in tempest as part of the
+integration/integrated tests in general. This is one area where some overlap
+is expected between testing in projects and tempest, which is not a bad thing.
+
+Discussing the 3rd prong
+""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+There are 2 approaches to addressing the 3rd prong. Either it can be raised
+during a qa meeting during the tempest discussion. Please put it on the agenda
+well ahead of the scheduled meeting. Since the meeting time will be well known
+ahead of time anyone who depends on the tests will have ample time beforehand
+to outline any concerns on the before the meeting. To give ample time for
+people to respond to removal proposals please add things to the agend by the
+Monday before the meeting.
+
+The other option is to raise the removal on the openstack-dev mailing list.
+(for example see: http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2016-February/086218.html )
+This will raise the issue to the wider community and attract at least the same
+(most likely more) attention than discussing it during the irc meeting. The
+only downside is that it might take more time to get a response, given the
+nature of ML.
+
+Exceptions to this procedure
+----------------------------
+
+For the most part all tempest test removals have to go through this procedure
+there are a couple of exceptions though:
+
+ #. The class of testing has been decided to be outside the scope of tempest.
+ #. A revert for a patch which added a broken test, or testing which didn't
+    actually run in the gate (basically any revert for something which
+    shouldn't have been added)
+
+For the first exception type the only types of testing in tree which have been
+declared out of scope at this point are:
+
+ * The CLI tests (which should be completely removed at this point)
+ * Neutron Adv. Services testing (which should be completely removed at this
+   point)
+ * XML API Tests (which should be completely removed at this point)
+ * EC2 API/boto tests (which should be completely removed at this point)
+
+For tests that fit into this category the only criteria for removal is that
+there is equivalent testing elsewhere.
+
+Tempest Scope
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Also starting in the liberty cycle tempest has defined a set of projects which
+are defined as in scope for direct testing in tempest. As of today that list
+is:
+
+ * Keystone
+ * Nova
+ * Glance
+ * Cinder
+ * Neutron
+ * Swift
+
+anything that lives in tempest which doesn't test one of these projects can be
+removed assuming there is equivalent testing elsewhere. Preferably using the
+`tempest plugin mechanism`_
+to mantain continuity after migrating the tests out of tempest
+
+.. _tempest plugin mechanism: http://docs.openstack.org/developer/tempest/plugin.html
diff --git a/tempest/api/data_processing/test_node_group_templates.py b/tempest/api/data_processing/test_node_group_templates.py
index 388bb58..c2dae85 100644
--- a/tempest/api/data_processing/test_node_group_templates.py
+++ b/tempest/api/data_processing/test_node_group_templates.py
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@
         if cls.default_plugin is None:
             raise cls.skipException("No Sahara plugins configured")
 
-    @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(NodeGroupTemplateTest, cls).resource_setup()
-
     def _create_node_group_template(self, template_name=None):
         """Creates Node Group Template with optional name specified.
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/base.py b/tempest/api/identity/base.py
index 7fee2bc..7a1e3a5 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/base.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/base.py
@@ -81,14 +81,6 @@
         cls.non_admin_tenants_client = cls.os.tenants_public_client
         cls.non_admin_users_client = cls.os.users_public_client
 
-    @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(BaseIdentityV2Test, cls).resource_setup()
-
-    @classmethod
-    def resource_cleanup(cls):
-        super(BaseIdentityV2Test, cls).resource_cleanup()
-
 
 class BaseIdentityV2AdminTest(BaseIdentityV2Test):
 
@@ -137,10 +129,6 @@
         cls.non_admin_token = cls.os.token_v3_client
         cls.non_admin_projects_client = cls.os.projects_client
 
-    @classmethod
-    def resource_cleanup(cls):
-        super(BaseIdentityV3Test, cls).resource_cleanup()
-
 
 class BaseIdentityV3AdminTest(BaseIdentityV3Test):
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/network/test_networks.py b/tempest/api/network/test_networks.py
index 1d96439..bf80ff5 100644
--- a/tempest/api/network/test_networks.py
+++ b/tempest/api/network/test_networks.py
@@ -565,9 +565,9 @@
         subnets = [sub['id'] for sub in body['subnets']
                    if sub['network_id'] == network['id']]
         test_subnet_ids = [sub['id'] for sub in (subnet1, subnet2)]
-        self.assertItemsEqual(subnets,
-                              test_subnet_ids,
-                              'Subnet are not in the same network')
+        six.assertCountEqual(self, subnets,
+                             test_subnet_ids,
+                             'Subnet are not in the same network')
 
 
 class NetworksIpV6TestAttrs(NetworksIpV6Test):
diff --git a/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_stacks.py b/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_stacks.py
index 28463ab..f13a2d9 100644
--- a/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_stacks.py
+++ b/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_stacks.py
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
 class StacksTestJSON(base.BaseOrchestrationTest):
     empty_template = "HeatTemplateFormatVersion: '2012-12-12'\n"
 
-    @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(StacksTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
-
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
     @test.idempotent_id('d35d628c-07f6-4674-85a1-74db9919e986')
     def test_stack_list_responds(self):
diff --git a/tempest/cmd/cleanup.py b/tempest/cmd/cleanup.py
index 289650f..80de6f5 100644
--- a/tempest/cmd/cleanup.py
+++ b/tempest/cmd/cleanup.py
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@
 
 class TempestCleanup(command.Command):
 
-    def __init__(self, app, cmd):
-        super(TempestCleanup, self).__init__(app, cmd)
-
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
         try:
             self.init(parsed_args)
diff --git a/tempest/lib/common/utils/data_utils.py b/tempest/lib/common/utils/data_utils.py
index f9f0c83..7fcec8c 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/common/utils/data_utils.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/common/utils/data_utils.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     This generates a string with an arbitrary number of characters, generated
     by looping the base_text string. If the size is smaller than the size of
     base_text, returning string is shrinked to the size.
-    :param int size: a returning charactors size
+    :param int size: a returning characters size
     :param str base_text: a string you want to repeat
     :return: size string
     :rtype: string
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/compute/base_compute_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/compute/base_compute_client.py
index 433c94c..a706a79 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/compute/base_compute_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/compute/base_compute_client.py
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@
 
     api_microversion_header_name = 'X-OpenStack-Nova-API-Version'
 
-    def __init__(self, auth_provider, service, region,
-                 **kwargs):
-        super(BaseComputeClient, self).__init__(
-            auth_provider, service, region, **kwargs)
-
     def get_headers(self):
         headers = super(BaseComputeClient, self).get_headers()
         if COMPUTE_MICROVERSION:
diff --git a/tempest/services/volume/base/base_volumes_client.py b/tempest/services/volume/base/base_volumes_client.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 1bc60a8..d694c53
--- a/tempest/services/volume/base/base_volumes_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/volume/base/base_volumes_client.py
@@ -96,7 +96,11 @@
         return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def update_volume(self, volume_id, **kwargs):
-        """Updates the Specified Volume."""
+        """Updates the Specified Volume.
+
+        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
+                                api-ref-blockstorage-v2.html#updateVolume
+        """
         put_body = json.dumps({'volume': kwargs})
         resp, body = self.put('volumes/%s' % volume_id, put_body)
         body = json.loads(body)
@@ -119,7 +123,11 @@
         return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def attach_volume(self, volume_id, **kwargs):
-        """Attaches a volume to a given instance on a given mountpoint."""
+        """Attaches a volume to a given instance on a given mountpoint.
+
+        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
+                                api-ref-blockstorage-v2.html#attachVolume
+        """
         post_body = json.dumps({'os-attach': kwargs})
         url = 'volumes/%s/action' % (volume_id)
         resp, body = self.post(url, post_body)
@@ -171,7 +179,11 @@
         return 'volume'
 
     def extend_volume(self, volume_id, **kwargs):
-        """Extend a volume."""
+        """Extend a volume.
+
+        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
+                                api-ref-blockstorage-v2.html#extendVolume
+        """
         post_body = json.dumps({'os-extend': kwargs})
         url = 'volumes/%s/action' % (volume_id)
         resp, body = self.post(url, post_body)
@@ -179,7 +191,11 @@
         return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def reset_volume_status(self, volume_id, **kwargs):
-        """Reset the Specified Volume's Status."""
+        """Reset the Specified Volume's Status.
+
+        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
+                                api-ref-blockstorage-v2.html#resetVolume
+        """
         post_body = json.dumps({'os-reset_status': kwargs})
         resp, body = self.post('volumes/%s/action' % volume_id, post_body)
         self.expected_success(202, resp.status)
@@ -202,7 +218,11 @@
         return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def create_volume_transfer(self, **kwargs):
-        """Create a volume transfer."""
+        """Create a volume transfer.
+
+        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
+                                api-ref-blockstorage-v2.html#createVolumeTransfer
+        """
         post_body = json.dumps({'transfer': kwargs})
         resp, body = self.post('os-volume-transfer', post_body)
         body = json.loads(body)
@@ -218,7 +238,11 @@
         return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def list_volume_transfers(self, **params):
-        """List all the volume transfers created."""
+        """List all the volume transfers created.
+
+        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
+                                api-ref-blockstorage-v2.html#listVolumeTransfer
+        """
         url = 'os-volume-transfer'
         if params:
             url += '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(params)
@@ -234,7 +258,11 @@
         return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def accept_volume_transfer(self, transfer_id, **kwargs):
-        """Accept a volume transfer."""
+        """Accept a volume transfer.
+
+        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
+                                api-ref-blockstorage-v2.html#acceptVolumeTransfer
+        """
         url = 'os-volume-transfer/%s/accept' % transfer_id
         post_body = json.dumps({'accept': kwargs})
         resp, body = self.post(url, post_body)