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LEASE OBLIGATIONS (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Leases [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Future Minimum Lease Payments For Capital Leases And Operating Leases | Future minimum payments under capital leases and non-cancellable operating leases at March 31, 2015 are as follows:
| (In Millions)
| Capital Leases |  | Operating Leases
2015 (April 1 - December 31) | $ | 20.5 |  |  | $ | 7.5 |
2016 | 25.8 |  |  | 7.9 |
2017 | 22.8 |  |  | 7.3 |
2018 | 18.4 |  |  | 6.6 |
2019 | 10.0 |  |  | 4.8 |
2020 and thereafter | 18.8 |  |  | 9.9 |
Total minimum lease payments | $ | 116.3 |  |  | $ | 44.0 |
Amounts representing interest | 25.1 |  |  |
Present value of net minimum lease payments | $ | 91.2 |  | (1) |
(1) | The total is comprised of $19.5 million and $71.7 million classified as Other current liabilities and Other liabilities, respectively, in the Statements of Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Position at March 31, 2015.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of future minimum lease payments as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in aggregate and for each of the five years succeeding fiscal years, with separate deductions from the total for the amount representing executor costs, including any profit thereon, included in the minimum lease payments and for the amount of the imputed interest necessary to reduce the net minimum lease payments to present value. + References No definition available. + Details
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