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ASSETS IMPAIRMENTS AND RESTRUCTURING | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Restructuring Costs and Asset Impairment Charges [Abstract] |
ASSET IMPAIRMENTS AND RESTRUCTURING | ASSET IMPAIRMENTS AND RESTRUCTURING
| Third Quarter |  | First Nine Months
(Dollars in millions) | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Severance | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 17 |
Gain on sale of assets | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2 | ) |  | — |
Intangible asset and goodwill impairments | — |  |  | 18 |  |  | — |  |  | 22 |
Fixed asset impairments | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 85 |
Site closure and restructuring charges | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 6 |
Total | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 21 |  |  | $ | 28 |  |  | $ | 130 |
As part of the Company's previously announced plan to reduce costs primarily in 2017, the Company recognized restructuring charges of $30 million for severance in third quarter 2016. In first nine months 2016, there was a gain of $2 million in the AFP segment for the sale of previously impaired assets at the Crystex® R&D site in France. As a result of the annual impairment testing of indefinite-lived intangible assets, in third quarter and first nine months 2015 the Company recognized intangible asset impairments of $18 million in the AM segment primarily to reduce the carrying value of the V-Kool® window films products trade name to the estimated fair value. The estimated fair value was determined using an income approach, specifically, the relief from royalty method. The impairment resulted from a decrease in projected revenues since the tradename was acquired from Solutia in 2012. The decrease in projected revenues was primarily due to the Asian economic downturn impacting car sales growth in those geographic markets. In first nine months 2015, net asset impairments and restructuring charges included $81 million of fixed asset impairments and $14 million of restructuring charges, including severance, in the Fibers segment due to the closure of the Workington, UK acetate tow manufacturing site which was substantially completed in 2015. Additionally, in first nine months 2015, management decided not to continue a growth initiative that was reported in "Other". This resulted in the Company recognizing fixed asset and goodwill impairments of $8 million and restructuring charges of $4 million. Additionally, during first nine months 2015, net asset impairments and restructuring charges included $4 million of restructuring charges primarily for severance associated with the integration of Taminco. Changes in Reserves for Asset Impairments, Restructuring Charges, Net, and Severance Charges The following table summarizes the changes in asset impairments and restructuring charges and gains, the non-cash reductions attributable to asset impairments, and the cash reductions in restructuring reserves for severance costs and site closure costs paid in first nine months 2016 and full year 2015:
(Dollars in millions) | Balance at January 1, 2016 |  | Provision/ Adjustments |  | Non-cash Reductions |  | Cash Reductions |  | Balance at September 30, 2016
Non-cash charges | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Severance costs | 55 |  |  | 30 |  |  | — |  |  | (32 | ) |  | 53 |
Site closure and restructuring costs | 11 |  |  | (2 | ) |  | 1 |  |  | (2 | ) |  | 8 |
Total | $ | 66 |  |  | $ | 28 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (34 | ) |  | $ | 61 |
(Dollars in millions) | Balance at January 1, 2015 |  | Provision/ Adjustments |  | Non-cash Reductions |  | Cash Reductions |  | Balance at December 31, 2015
Non-cash charges | $ | — |  |  | $ | 107 |  |  | $ | (107 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Severance costs | 13 |  |  | 67 |  |  | 1 |  |  | (26 | ) |  | 55 |
Site closure and restructuring costs | 15 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 3 |  |  | (16 | ) |  | 11 |
Total | $ | 28 |  |  | $ | 183 |  |  | $ | (103 | ) |  | $ | (42 | ) |  | $ | 66 |
Severance payments in first nine months 2016 relate primarily to fourth quarter 2015 actions taken to reduce non-operations workforce. Substantially all severance costs remaining are expected to be applied to the reserves within one year.

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