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ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION: (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION: |
Summary of the asset retirement obligation activity | The following table summarizes the asset retirement obligation activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 (in millions):
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Balance as of January 1 |  | $ | 124.8 |  | $ | 122.3 |
Changes in estimates |  | 26.7 |  | — |
Closure payments |  | (8.1 | ) | (2.3 | )
Accretion expense |  | 5.8 |  | 6.7 |
Balance as of September 30, |  | $ | 149.2 |  | $ | 126.7 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the changes in carrying amount of a liability for asset retirement obligations, for changes such as new obligations, changes in estimates of existing obligations, spending on existing obligations, property dispositions, and foreign currency translation. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 410 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6393242&loc=d3e13201-110859 + Details
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