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Regulatory Matters, Commitments, Contingencies And Environmental Liabilities Regulatory Matters, Commitments, Contingencies And Environmental Liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Regulatory Matters, Commitments, Contingencies And Environmental Liabilities [Abstract]

Schedule of Rent Expense [Table Text Block]

We have certain non-cancelable leases for property and equipment, which require fixed monthly rental payments with typical initial terms of 5 to 15 years, with some having a term of 40 years or more. The table below reflects rental expense under these operating leases included in operating expenses in the accompanying statements of operations, which include contingent rentals, and rental expense recovered through related sublease rental income:

		Years Ended December 31,
		2017				2016				2015
Rental expense(1)		$	196			$	187			$	281
Less: Sublease rental income		(25		)		(26		)		(26		)
Rental expense, net		$	171			$	161			$	255

⁽¹⁾  Includes contingent rentals totaling $16 million, $18 million and $20 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Environmental Exit Costs by Cost [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2017				2016
Current	$	35			$	26
Non-current	337				318
Total environmental liabilities	$	372			$	344

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases

Future minimum lease commitments for such leases are:

Years Ending December 31:
2018	$	113
2019	100
2020	96
2021	83
2022	71
Thereafter	606
Future minimum lease commitments	1,069
Less: Sublease rental income	(152		)
Net future minimum lease commitments	$	917

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REGULATORY MATTERS, COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES [Abstract]

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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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Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date.

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Tabular disclosure of rental expense from operating leases for each period for which an income statement is presented with separate amounts for minimum rentals, contingent rentals, and sublease rentals. Rental payments under leases with terms of a month or less that were not renewed need not be included.

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