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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Additional Information (Detail) | 1 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |  |
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Apr. 30, 2011 USD ($) | May 31, 2009 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) | Feb. 29, 2016 Resident | Jan. 29, 2016 | Dec. 20, 2000 a
Southbridge Recycling and Disposal Park, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of resident's homes representing legal suit | Resident |  |  |  |  | 40 |  |
Minimum |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investigative expenditure incurred, expect recovery amount |  |  | $ 1,993,000 |  |  |  |
Expera Old Town LLC |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Litigation settlement payment period |  |  | 5 years |  |  |  |
Reserve related with settlement |  |  | $ 1,420,000 | $ 2,616,000 |  |  |
Contract settlement charge |  |  |  | 1,940,000 |  |  |
Reserve related with settlement |  |  |  | $ 676,000 |  |  |
Reserve for legal costs |  |  | 34,000 |  |  |  |
Expera Old Town LLC | Maximum |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Annual fuel replacement fee (up to) |  |  | 2,000,000 |  |  |  |
Expera Old Town LLC | Upon Execution of Settlement Agreement |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Litigation settlement |  |  | 1,250,000 |  |  |  |
Expera Old Town LLC | Five Years Following Execution of Settlement Agreement |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Litigation settlement |  |  | $ 350,000 |  |  |  |
Potsdam Environmental Remediation Liability |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Scrap yard and solid waste transfer station (in acres) | a |  |  |  |  |  |  | 25
Estimate of total undiscounted costs associated with implementing the preferred remedies | $ 12,130,000 | $ 10,219,000 |  |  |  |  |
Remediation activities, participant share percentage |  |  |  |  |  | 15.00% |
Risk free interest rate |  |  | 1.80% |  |  |  |

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