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Business Segments and Related Information (Details) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) Segment | Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Business Segments [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Number of reportable segments | Segment |  |  |  | 4 |
Gross Operating Margin |  |  |  |  |
Operating income |  | $ 1,513.1 | $ 1,382.5 | $ 4,700.2 | $ 4,326.9
Adjustments to reconcile operating income to total segment gross operating margin (addition or subtraction indicated by sign): |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense in operating costs and expenses | [1] | 502.7 | 484.2 | 1,497.9 | 1,461.3
Asset impairment charges in operating costs and expenses |  | 29.3 | 77.0 | 112.7 | 90.4
Net losses (gains) attributable to asset sales and related matters in operating costs and expenses |  | (2.2) | (0.6) | 9.0 | (2.1)
General and administrative costs |  | 47.3 | 50.3 | 155.1 | 162.8
Non-refundable payments received from shippers attributable to make-up rights | [2] | 25.4 | 49.3 | 67.0 | 79.1
Subsequent recognition of revenues attributable to make-up rights | [3] | (35.2) | (9.4) | (113.4) | (25.0)
Total segment gross operating margin |  | $ 2,080.4 | $ 2,033.3 | $ 6,428.5 | $ 6,093.4
[1] | Excludes amortization of major maintenance costs for reaction-based plants, which are a component of gross operating margin.
[2] | Since make-up rights entail a future performance obligation by the pipeline to the shipper, these receipts are recorded as deferred revenue for GAAP purposes; however, these receipts are included in gross operating margin in the period of receipt since they are nonrefundable to the shipper.
[3] | As deferred revenues attributable to make-up rights are subsequently recognized as revenue under GAAP, gross operating margin must be adjusted to remove such amounts to prevent duplication since the associated non-refundable payments were previously included in gross operating margin.

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