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SCHEDULE II-VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
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 31, 2016, December 26, 2015, and December 27, 2014
|  |  | Additions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Balance at |  | Charged to |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Balance |
| beginning |  | costs and |  | Other |  |  |  |  |  |  | at end |
(In thousands) | of year |  | expenses |  | additions |  |  |  |  | Deductions |  | of year |
2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  |  | $ | 623 |  |  |  | $ | 160 |  |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | $ | 148 |  |  |  | $ | 637 |
Environmental reserves |  |  | $ | 21,667 |  |  |  | $ | 894 |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 697 |  |  |  | $ | 21,864 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  |  | $ | 17,650 |  |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  |  | $ | 1,028 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | $ | 18,681 |
2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  |  | $ | 666 |  |  |  | $ | (130 | ) |  |  | $ | 201 |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | $ | 114 |  |  |  | $ | 623 |
Environmental reserves |  |  | $ | 22,661 |  |  |  | $ | 76 |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,070 |  |  |  | $ | 21,667 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  |  | $ | 17,119 |  |  |  | $ | (5 | ) |  |  | $ | 536 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | $ | 17,650 |
2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  |  | $ | 2,391 |  |  |  | $ | (500 | ) |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | $ | 1,243 |  |  |  | $ | 666 |
Environmental reserves |  |  | $ | 23,637 |  |  |  | $ | 1,187 |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 2,163 |  |  |  | $ | 22,661 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  |  | $ | 22,544 |  |  |  | $ | (5,630 | ) |  |  | $ | 2,282 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 2,077 |  |  |  | $ | 17,119 |
(1) Other consists primarily of bad debt recoveries as well as the effect of fluctuating foreign currency exchange rates in all years presented. |

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