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Plant Closure Provisions | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Plant Closure Provisions | NOTE 9 – PLANT CLOSURE PROVISIONS The liability for estimated closure costs of Innospec’s manufacturing facilities includes costs for decontamination and environmental remediation activities (“remediation”). The principal site giving rise to remediation liabilities is the manufacturing site at Ellesmere Port in the United Kingdom. There are also remediation liabilities on a much smaller scale in respect of our other manufacturing sites in the U.S. and Europe. Movements in the provisions are summarized as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in millions) |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Total at January 1 |  | $ | 34.1 |  |  | $ | 32.4 |
Charge for the period |  |  | 1.1 |  |  |  | 0.7 |
Utilized in the period |  |  | (0.5 | ) |  |  | (0.4 | )
Exchange effect |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  |  | 0.0 |
Total at March 31 |  |  | 34.3 |  |  |  | 32.7 |
Due within one year |  |  | (4.9 | ) |  |  | (5.4 | )
Due after one year |  | $ | 29.4 |  |  | $ | 27.3 |
Amounts due within one year refer to provisions where expenditure is expected to arise within one year of the balance sheet date.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140864-122747 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) -Number Topic 5 -Section P -Subsection 3, 4 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 + Details
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