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ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Environmental Matters [Abstract] |
Schedule of Environmental Liabilities, Current and Non-current | The Company's total environmental reserve for environmental contingencies, including remediation costs and asset retirement obligations, is reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as follows:
| December 31,
(Dollars in millions) | 2015 |  | 2014
Environmental contingent liabilities, current | $ | 35 |  |  | $ | 35 |
Environmental contingent liabilities, long-term | 301 |  |  | 310 |
Total | $ | 336 |  |  | $ | 345 |
Schedule of Changes to Environmental Remediation Liabilities | Reserves for environmental remediation that management believes to be probable and estimable are recognized as current and long-term liabilities in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. The amounts charged to pre-tax earnings for environmental remediation and related charges are included in cost of sales and other (income) charges, net, and are summarized below:
(Dollars in millions) | Environmental Remediation Liabilities
Balance at December 31, 2014 | $ | 324 |
Changes in estimates recorded to earnings and other | 12 |
Cash reductions | (28 | )
Balance at December 31, 2015 | $ | 308 |

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