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Note 9 - Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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May 31, 2014
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Environmental Liabilities [TableTextBlock] |
|  | May 31, 2014 |
Beginning balance as of August 31, 2013 |  | $ | 19,680 |
Payments made for which reserves had been provided |  |  | (1,460 | )
Insurance proceeds received |  |  | 631 |
Interest accretion |  |  | 537 |
Revision in estimates |  |  | (21 | )
Change in discount rates |  |  | 647 |
Balance as of May 31, 2014 |  | $ | 20,014 |
Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Liabilities [Table Text Block] |
(In thousands) |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | Thereafter |  |  | Total |
Estimated costs – current dollars |  | $ | 4,308 |  |  | $ | 2,620 |  |  | $ | 1,887 |  |  | $ | 865 |  |  | $ | 797 |  |  | $ | 12,421 |  |  | $ | 22,898 |
Estimated insurance proceeds |  |  | — |  |  |  | (173 | ) |  |  | (159 | ) |  |  | (173 | ) |  |  | (159 | ) |  |  | (1,592 | ) |  |  | (2,256 | )
Net anticipated costs |  | $ | 4,308 |  |  | $ | 2,447 |  |  | $ | 1,728 |  |  | $ | 692 |  |  | $ | 638 |  |  | $ | 10,829 |  |  | $ | 20,642 |
Effect of inflation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7,591 |
Effect of discounting |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (8,219 | )
Balance as of May 31, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 20,014 |

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