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Other Noncurrent Liabilities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Other Noncurrent Liabilities [Abstract]  
Other Noncurrent Liabilities
13. Other Noncurrent Liabilities

 

     December 31  
     2011      2010  

Employee benefits

   $ 120,558       $ 90,584   

Interest rate swaps

     33,424         19,717   

Environmental remediation

     18,467         19,632   

Asbestos litigation reserve

     9,389         12,030   

Environmental dismantling

     337         478   

Other

     11,269         4,729   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 193,444       $ 147,170   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The increase in employee benefits primarily reflects the deterioration in the funded status of our pension and postretirement plans. See Note 19 for further information on these employee benefit plans. Environmental remediation and environmental dismantling include our asset retirement obligations. Further information on the interest rate swaps is in Note 16.