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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Derivative Instruments | A summary of the notional amounts of these interest rate swaps as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 is as follows:
|  |  |  | Notional Amount
Debt Instrument |  | Floating Rate Paid by the Company |  | March 31, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
4.75% Senior Notes due January 2020 |  | One-month LIBOR plus a 3.6% spread |  | 350 |  |  | 350 |
4.70% Senior Notes due April 2021 |  | One-month LIBOR plus a 2.45% to 3.39% spread |  | 400 |  |  | 400 |
4.25% Senior Notes due April 2024 |  | One-month LIBOR plus a 1.54% to 1.59% spread |  | 250 |  |  | 250 |
3.50% Senior Notes due March 2025 |  | One-month LIBOR plus a 1.44% spread |  | 200 |  |  | 200 |
|  |  |  | $ | 1,200 |  |  | $ | 1,200 |
Schedule of the fair values of derivative instruments | A summary of the fair values of derivative instruments in the consolidated balance sheets is stated in the table below:
| March 31, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
| Balance Sheet Classification |  | Fair Value |  | Balance Sheet Classification |  | Fair Value
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset Derivatives: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps | Other assets |  | $ | 53 |  |  | Other assets |  | $ | 23 |
Liability Derivatives: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps |  |  | — |  |  | Other liabilities |  | 6 |
Total Net Derivatives Assets |  |  | $ | 53 |  |  |  |  | $ | 17 |

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