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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract] |
Actively related to asbestos claims |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Pending claims – January 1 |  |  | 105,486 |  |  |  | 103,575 |
New claims |  |  | 1,032 |  |  |  | 1,339 |
Settlements |  |  | (345 | ) |  |  | (475 | )
Dismissals |  |  | (10,491 | ) |  |  | (761 | )
Pending claims – March 31 |  |  | 95,682 |  |  |  | 103,678 |
Net asbestos charges |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
|  | Pre-tax |  |  | After-tax |  |  | Pre-tax |  |  | After-tax |
Continuing operations |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | 12 |
Discontinued operations |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 2 |
Total |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 14 |
Roll forward of asbestos liability and related assets |
|  | Liability |  |  | Asset |  |  | Net |
Balance as of December 31 |  | $ | 1,668 |  |  | $ | 954 |  |  | $ | 714 |
Changes in estimate during the period: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations |  |  | 22 |  |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | 13 |
Discontinued operations |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | — |
Net cash activity |  |  | (34 | ) |  |  | (18 | ) |  |  | (16 | )
Balance as of March 31 |  | $ | 1,660 |  |  | $ | 949 |  |  | $ | 711 |
Current portion |  |  | 138 |  |  |  | 118 |  |  |  |  |
Noncurrent portion |  |  | 1,522 |  |  |  | 831 |  |  |  |  |
Roll forward of accrued environmental liabilities | The following table illustrates the activity related to our accrued liabilities for environmental matters for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.
Environmental liability – December 31 |  | $ | 102 |
Accruals added during the period |  |  | — |
Change in estimates for pre-existing accruals |  |  | 2 |
Payments |  |  | (3 | )
Environmental liability – March 31 |  | $ | 101 |
Range of environmental liability and number of active sites for these environmental matters |
Low-end range |  | $ | 81 |
High end range |  | $ | 172 |
Number of active environmental investigation and remediation sites |  |  | 66 |

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