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Notes Receivable from Asset Sales (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Notes Receivable from Asset Sales [Abstract] |
Notes receivable from asset sales [Table Text Block] |
Dollar amounts in millions | Interest Rate 2016 | December 31,
2016 |  | 2015
Notes receivable (secured), maturing 2018, interest rates fixed | 7.3 | % | $ | 22.2 |  |  | $ | 22.2 |
Notes receivable (secured), maturing 2018 (collected in 2016), interest rate variable |  | — |  |  | 410.0 |
Total |  | 22.2 |  |  | 432.2 |
Current portion |  | — |  |  | — |
Long-term portion |  | $ | 22.2 |  |  | $ | 432.2 |

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