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PHMSA, in consultation with the Federal Railroad Administration, is adopting a number of commonsense measures that will better ensure the safety of communities living alongside railroads and protect our environment by codifying: (1) Comprehensive Oil Spill Response Plans (OSRPs) - Expands the applicability of comprehensive OSRPs based on thresholds of liquid petroleum oil that apply to an entire train consist; (2) HHFT Information Sharing Notification - Requires railroads to share information about high-hazard flammable train operations with state and tribal emergency response commissions to improve community preparedness in accordance with the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act of 2015 (FAST Act). Section 7302 mandates PHMSA to require each Class I railroad to provide advanced notification and information on HHFTs to each SERC, consistent with Emergency Order DOT-OST-2014-0067. FAST Act requires HHFT notification to SERCs by 12/4/16; and (3) Incorporation by Reference of Class 3 Packing Group Test - Incorporates by reference an initial boiling point test for flammable liquids for better consistency with the American National Standards Institute/American Petroleum Institute Recommend Practices 3000, "Classifying and Loading of Crude Oil into Rail Tank Cars," First Edition, September 2014.