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Liabilities for Dispositions and Discontinued Operations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Liabilities of Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation [Abstract] |
Schedule of Change in Environmental Loss Contingencies [Table Text Block] | An analysis of activity in the liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations for the three years ended December 31, 2011 follows:
| 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
Balance, January 1 | $ | 93,160 |  |  | $ | 98,591 |  |  | $ | 104,575 |
Expenditures charged to liabilities | (9,209 | ) |  | (8,632 | ) |  | (8,095 | )
Increase to liabilities | 6,873 |  |  | 3,201 |  |  | 2,111 |
Balance, December 31 | 90,824 |  |  | 93,160 |  |  | 98,591 |
Less: Current portion | (9,931 | ) |  | (11,500 | ) |  | (10,648 | )
Non-current portion | $ | 80,893 |  |  | $ | 81,660 |  |  | $ | 87,943 |
Schedule of Environmental Loss Contingencies by Site [Table Text Block] | The Company discloses specific site liabilities where current estimates exceed 10 percent of the total liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations at December 31, 2011. An analysis of the activity for the two years ended December 31, 2011 is as follows:
|  | Activity (in millions) as of December 31,
|  | 2009 |  |  |  | Increase (Reduction) to Liabilities |  | 2010 |  |  |  | Increase (Reduction) to Liabilities |  | 2011
Sites |  | Liability |  | Expenditures |  |  | Liability |  | Expenditures |  |  | Liability
Augusta, Georgia |  | $ | 15.1 |  |  | $ | (1.3 | ) |  | $ | 1.1 |  |  | $ | 14.9 |  |  | $ | (1.1 | ) |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  | $ | 13.9 |
Spartanburg, South Carolina |  | 14.9 |  |  | (0.8 | ) |  | 0.2 |  |  | 14.3 |  |  | (1.0 | ) |  | 1.4 |  |  | 14.7 |
East Point, Georgia |  | 14.7 |  |  | (1.1 | ) |  | (1.3 | ) |  | 12.3 |  |  | (1.3 | ) |  | — |  |  | 11.0 |
Baldwin, Florida |  | 8.4 |  |  | (0.8 | ) |  | 2.4 |  |  | 10.0 |  |  | (0.8 | ) |  | 0.5 |  |  | 9.7 |
Other SWP sites |  | 35.4 |  |  | (2.0 | ) |  | (1.6 | ) |  | 31.8 |  |  | (2.2 | ) |  | (3.3 | ) |  | 26.3 |
Total SWP |  | 88.5 |  |  | (6.0 | ) |  | 0.8 |  |  | 83.3 |  |  | (6.4 | ) |  | (1.3 | ) |  | 75.6 |
Port Angeles, Washington |  | 4.4 |  |  | (2.0 | ) |  | 2.0 |  |  | 4.4 |  |  | (2.2 | ) |  | 7.1 |  |  | 9.3 |
All other sites |  | 5.7 |  |  | (0.6 | ) |  | 0.4 |  |  | 5.5 |  |  | (0.6 | ) |  | 1.0 |  |  | 5.9 |
TOTAL |  | $ | 98.6 |  |  | $ | (8.6 | ) |  | $ | 3.2 |  |  | $ | 93.2 |  |  | $ | (9.2 | ) |  | $ | 6.8 |  |  | $ | 90.8 |

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