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Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
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):
|  | March 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
|  |  |  |  | Environmental |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Environmental |  |  |
|  | Landfill |  | Remediation |  | Total |  | Landfill |  | Remediation |  | Total
Current (in accrued liabilities) |  | $ | 132 |  | $ | 26 |  | $ | 158 |  | $ | 143 |  | $ | 26 |  | $ | 169
Long-term |  |  | 1,659 |  |  | 207 |  |  | 1,866 |  |  | 1,617 |  |  | 211 |  |  | 1,828
|  | $ | 1,791 |  | $ | 233 |  | $ | 2,024 |  | $ | 1,760 |  | $ | 237 |  | $ | 1,997
Changes to Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities | The changes to landfill and environmental remediation liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2019 are reflected in the table below (in millions):
|  |  |  |  | Environmental
|  | Landfill |  | Remediation
December 31, 2018 |  | $ | 1,760 |  | $ | 237
Obligations incurred and capitalized |  |  | 17 |  |  | —
Obligations settled |  |  | (13) |  |  | (5)
Interest accretion |  |  | 23 |  |  | 1
Revisions in estimates and interest rate assumptions |  |  | 1 |  |  | —
Acquisitions, divestitures and other adjustments |  |  | 3 |  |  | —
March 31, 2019 |  | $ | 1,791 |  | $ | 233

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