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Other Expense, Net - Components Expense, Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015 | [3] | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset disposals and write-offs |  |  | $ (11.9) |  | $ (14.0) |  | $ (10.1) |
Facilities closure costs | [1] |  | (9.4) |  | 0.0 |  | 0.0 |
Acquisition-related costs | [2] |  | (3.3) |  | 0.0 |  | 0.0 |
Multiemployer pension withdrawal | [3] |  | (0.9) |  | 0.0 |  | 0.0 |
Restructuring | [3] |  |  |  | 7.1 |  |  |
Integration-related and other costs | [4] |  | 0.0 |  | (12.9) |  | (20.0) |
Refundable state tax credit | [5] |  | 0.0 |  | 3.6 | [2] | 0.0 |
Class action lawsuit settlement | [6] |  | 0.0 |  | 0.0 |  | (17.6) |
Other |  |  | 1.8 |  | 2.8 |  | (2.3) |
Total |  |  | (24.3) |  | (6.7) |  | (57.3) |
Mill at St. Helens, Oregon |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sale of St. Helens Paper Mill Site |  | $ 6.7 | 0.0 | [7] | 6.7 | [7] | 0.0 | [7]
Wallula Mill |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring | [8] |  | (0.6) |  | 0.0 |  | 0.0 |
Deridder Mill |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring | [9] |  | $ 0.0 |  | $ 7.1 |  | $ (7.3) |
[1] | Includes facilities closure costs related to corrugated products facilities and a paper products facility.
[2] | Includes acquisition-related costs for the TimBar Corporation and Columbus Container, Inc. acquisitions.
[3] | Includes costs related to our withdrawal from a multiemployer pension plan for one of our corrugated products facilities.
[4] | Includes Boise acquisition integration-related and other costs, which primarily relate to severance, retention, travel, and professional fees.
[5] | Includes a $3.6 million tax credit from the State of Louisiana related to our recent capital investment and the jobs retained at the DeRidder, Louisiana mill, which was recorded as a benefit.
[6] | Includes $17.6 million of costs for the settlement of the Kleen Products LLC v Packaging Corp. of America et al class action lawsuit. See Note 18, Commitments, Guarantees, Indemnifications, and Legal Proceedings, for more information.
[7] | In September 2015, we sold the remaining land, buildings, and equipment at our paper mill site in St. Helens, Oregon where we ceased paper production in December 2012. We recorded a $6.7 million gain on the sale.
[8] | Includes costs related to ceased softwood market pulp operations at our Wallula, Washington mill and the permanent shutdown of the No. 1 machine.
[9] | 2015 and 2014 include amounts from restructuring activities at our mill in DeRidder, Louisiana including costs related to the conversion of the No. 3 newsprint machine to containerboard, our exit from the newsprint business, and other improvements. We completed the restructuring activities in first quarter 2015. In 2015, we recorded $7.1 million of income from vendor settlements.

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