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Other Operating Credits and Charges, Net (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Other Operating Credits And Charges, Net [Abstract] |
Other Operating Credits and Charges Net [Table Text Block] | The major components of “Other operating credits and charges, net” in the Consolidated Statements of Income for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2011 are reflected in the table below and are described in the paragraphs following the table:
| Quarter Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
Dollar amounts in millions | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Severance | $ | (0.2 | ) |  | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | (0.7 | ) |  | $ | (0.4 | )
Construction related legal reserve | — |  |  | (0.5 | ) |  | 0.5 |  |  | (0.5 | )
Addition to environmental reserves | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (0.9 | )
Addition to warranty reserves | (1.0 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1.0 | ) |  | — |
Reduction to product related contingency reserves | — |  |  | 10.7 |  |  | — |  |  | 10.7 |
Timber related reserves | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1.5 |
Settlement of legal claim | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.8 |
| $ | (1.2 | ) |  | $ | 9.8 |  |  | $ | (1.2 | ) |  | $ | 11.2 |

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