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Pension And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013 ERISA-regulated U.S. plan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Non-ERISA regulated and Other Plans [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 United States Pension Plan of US Entity, Defined Benefit [Member]
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Contributions to qualified and non-qualified pension plans	$ 10.1
Expected additional contributions in the current fiscal year	2.9	2.6	0.3
Prior service credit				19
Effect of plan amendments on funded status				$ 40

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- Definition

The increase in the fair value of plan assets from contributions made by the employer.

+ References

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (b)(3)

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Amount of employer's best estimate of contributions expected to be paid to the plan in the current remaining fiscal period.

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Amount before tax of cost (credit) of benefit changes attributable to plan participants' prior service resulting from a plan amendment or plan initiation that has not been recognized in net periodic benefit cost (credit).

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 220

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 11

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e637-108580



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The amount of increase or decrease in the funded status related to the effects of changes in substantive terms of an existing defined pension plan. A planned amendment may increase or decrease benefits, including those attributable to years of services already rendered.

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