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CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND OTHER MATTERS (Details 4) - Site investigation and remediation - site	Oct. 01, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Environmental Matters
Number of sites	34	35
Number of third-party disposal sites for which entity is potentially responsible	24
Number of active sites	7

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