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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Site Contingency [Line Items]

Schedule of Total Expected Environmental Remediation Payments for Succeeding Year

The total expected environmental remediation payments, in today’s dollars, for each of the five succeeding fiscal years and the aggregate amount thereafter are as follows:

Estimated Future Environmental Remediation Payments as of December 31, 2019
Fiscal year ending December 31, 2020			$	446
Fiscal year ending December 31, 2021			382
Fiscal year ending December 31, 2022			392
Fiscal year ending December 31, 2023			367
Fiscal year ending December 31, 2024			386
Thereafter			4,630
Total			$	6,603

Reconciliation of Expected Aggregate Non-inflated, Undiscounted Environmental Remediation Liability to Amount Recognized in Statement of Financial Position

A reconciliation of the expected aggregate non-inflated, undiscounted environmental remediation liability to the amount recognized in the statement of financial position is as follows:

Undiscounted liability			$	6,603
Less discount, net			(856)
Liability balance - December 31, 2019			$	5,747

Southbridge Landfill

Site Contingency [Line Items]

Schedule of Environmental Remedial Liability

A summary of the changes to the environmental remediation liability associated with the Southbridge Landfill follows:

			Fiscal Year Ended December 31,
			2019						2018
Beginning balance			$	5,173					$	5,936
Accretion expense			124						—
Obligations incurred			—						152
Obligations settled (1)			(701)						(915)
Ending balance			$	4,596					$	5,173

(1)Includes amounts that are being processed through accounts payable as a part of our disbursements cycle.

Potsdam Environmental Remediation Liability

Site Contingency [Line Items]

Schedule of Environmental Remedial Liability

A summary of the changes to the environmental remediation liability associated with the Potsdam site follows:

			Fiscal Year Ended December 31,
			2019						2018
Beginning balance			$	5,614					$	5,758
Obligations settled (1)			(4,463)						(171)
Obligations incurred			—						27
Ending balance			$	1,151					$	5,614

(1)Includes amounts that are being processed through accounts payable as a part of our disbursements cycle.

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