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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.

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