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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs

The components of the net periodic cost for pension benefits, including the Company's Pension Equalization Plan, and OPEB costs (principally health care and life insurance) for employees and covered dependents were as follows:

	Pension						OPEB
	Three Months Ended						Three Months Ended
	December 31,						December 31,
(Thousands)	2015			2014			2015			2014
Service cost	$	1,898		$	1,871		$	1,130		$	1,063
Interest cost	2,836			2,550			1,564			1,435
Expected return on plan assets	(5,029		)	(4,272		)	(1,211		)	(1,244		)
Recognized actuarial loss	1,820			1,745			819			736
Prior service cost amortization	28			28			(91		)	(91		)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,553		$	1,922		$	2,211		$	1,899

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Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (h)
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