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Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

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Liabilities for Landfill and Environmental Remediation Costs

Liabilities for landfill and environmental remediation costs are presented in the table below (in millions):

		March 31, 2016												December 31, 2015
		Landfill				Environmental Remediation				Total				Landfill				Environmental Remediation				Total
Current (in accrued liabilities)		$	110			$	32			$	142			$	112			$	31			$	143
Long-term			1,431				175				1,606				1,406				178				1,584
		$	1,541			$	207			$	1,748			$	1,518			$	209			$	1,727

Changes to Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities

The changes to landfill and environmental remediation liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2016 are reflected in the table below (in millions):

		Landfill				Environmental Remediation
December 31, 2015		$	1,518			$	209
Obligations incurred and capitalized			13				—
Obligations settled			(15	)			(5	)
Interest accretion			22				1
Revisions in estimates and interest rate assumptions			(1	)			2
Acquisitions, divestitures and other adjustments			4				—
March 31, 2016		$	1,541			$	207

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Tabular disclosure of material liabilities for remediation, site restoration, postclosure, monitoring commitments, or other exit costs that may occur on the sale, disposal or abandonment of a property as a result of unanticipated contamination of the assets.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Number Topic 5
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