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Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities

Liabilities for Landfill and Environmental Remediation Costs

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

		June 30, 2018									December 31, 2017
					Environmental									Environmental
		Landfill			Remediation			Total			Landfill			Remediation			Total
Current (in accrued liabilities)		$	130		$	28		$	158		$	128		$	28		$	156
Long-term			1,589			221			1,810			1,547			223			1,770
		$	1,719		$	249		$	1,968		$	1,675		$	251		$	1,926

Changes to Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities

The changes to landfill and environmental remediation liabilities for the six months ended June 30, 2018 are reflected in the table below (in millions):

					Environmental
		Landfill			Remediation
December 31, 2017		$	1,675		$	251
Obligations incurred and capitalized			41			—
Obligations settled			(45)			(10)
Interest accretion			47			2
Revisions in estimates and interest rate assumptions			(7)			6
Acquisitions, divestitures and other adjustments			8			—
June 30, 2018		$	1,719		$	249

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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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