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SCHEDULE II-VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 28, 2013
SCHEDULE II-VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS [Abstract] |
SCHEDULE II-VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | MUELLER INDUSTRIES, INC. SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS Years Ended December 28, 2013, December 29, 2012, and December 31, 2011
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|  | Balance at |  |  | Charged to |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Balance
|  | beginning |  |  | costs and |  |  | Other |  |  |  |  |  |  | at end
(In thousands) |  | of year |  |  | expenses |  |  | additions |  |  |  | Deductions |  |  | of year
2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 1,644 |  |  | $ | 273 |  |  | $ | 812 |  |  |  | $ | 338 |  |  | $ | 2,391
Environmental reserves |  | $ | 24,635 |  |  | $ | 986 |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | $ | 1,984 |  |  | $ | 23,637
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  | $ | 30,394 |  |  | $ | 332 |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | $ | 8,182 |  |  | $ | 22,544
2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 1,564 |  |  | $ | 867 |  |  | $ | 109 |  | (1 | ) | $ | 896 |  |  | $ | 1,644
Environmental reserves |  | $ | 22,892 |  |  | $ | 3,056 |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | $ | 1,313 |  |  | $ | 24,635
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  | $ | 29,705 |  |  | $ | (1,224 | ) |  | $ | 1,913 |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 30,394
2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 5,447 |  |  | $ | (229 | ) |  | $ | (2 | ) | (1 | ) | $ | 3,652 |  |  | $ | 1,564
Environmental reserves |  | $ | 23,902 |  |  | $ | 392 |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | $ | 1,402 |  |  | $ | 22,892
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  | $ | 28,714 |  |  | $ | (443 | ) |  | $ | 1,434 |  | (2 | ) | $ | — |  |  | $ | 29,705
(1) Other consists primarily of bad debt recoveries as well as the effect of fluctuating foreign currency exchange rates in all years presented.
(2) Other includes the additions to valuation allowances in which previously unrecorded gross deferred tax assets and valuation allowances were recognized.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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