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Asset Retirement Obligation (Details) $ in Millions | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) | Jul. 27, 2018 USD ($)
ARO Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Asset Retirement Obligation, Liabilities Incurred | $ 13.7 |  | $ 20.2 |  |
Number Of Consent Decrees | 2 |  |  |  |
Asset Retirement Obligation | $ 1,939.2 |  | 1,749.3 | $ 1,393.9 |
Surety Bonds Outstanding Delivered To EPA |  |  | 249.7 |  |
Asset retirement obligations | $ 1,701.1 |  | 1,526.9 |  |
Number Of Decades Remaining For Trust | 3 |  |  |  |
Asset Retirement Obligation, Liabilities Settled | $ (146.2) |  | (163.1) |  |
Accretion expense for asset retirement obligations | 59.2 | $ 52.8 | 71.9 |  |
Asset Retirement Obligation, Revision of Estimate | 272.4 |  | 443.3 |  |
Asset Retirement Obligation, Foreign Currency Translation Gain (Loss) | (9.2) |  | (16.9) |  |
Asset retirement obligations | 238.1 |  | 222.4 |  |
Unfavorable Regulatory Action | 2015 Consent Decrees With EPA |  |  |  |  |
ARO Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Asset retirement obligations, undiscounted |  |  | 1,800.0 |  |
Asset Retirement Obligation | 20.0 |  | 603.0 |  |
Bonnie Facility Trust [Member] |  |  |  |  |
ARO Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Assets Held-in-trust, Current |  |  |  |  | $ 21.0
Plant City and Bonnie Facilities |  |  |  |  |
ARO Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Asset retirement obligations | $ 335.3 |  | $ 262.9 |  |

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