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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of future minimum rental payments | Minimum rental commitments at December 31, 2018 were as follows (in millions of dollars):
Year Ended December 31, | Capital Leases |  | Operating Leases
2019 | $ | 1.7 |  |  | $ | 6.1 |
2020 | 1.4 |  |  | 3.7 |
2021 | 1.2 |  |  | 2.8 |
2022 | 1.1 |  |  | 2.4 |
2023 | 1.0 |  |  | 2.2 |
2024 and thereafter | 1.8 |  |  | 20.8 |
Total minimum lease payments | $ | 8.2 |  |  | $ | 38.0 |
Less: interest | (1.2 | ) |  |
Present value 1 | $ | 7.0 |  |  |
Summary of activities relating to the Company's CARO liabilities | The following table summarizes the activity relating to our CARO liabilities (in millions of dollars):
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Beginning balance |  | $ | 5.9 |  |  | $ | 5.5 |  |  | $ | 4.9 |
Liabilities settled during the period |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (0.1 | )
Accretion expense |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.5 |
Adjustment to accretion expense due to revisions to estimated cash flow and timing of expenditure 1 |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.2 |
Ending balance |  | $ | 6.3 |  |  | $ | 5.9 |  |  | $ | 5.5 |
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1. | The adjustments in 2016 had a de minimis impact on the basic and diluted net income per share for 2016.
Schedule of changes in environmental contingencies | The following table presents the changes in our environmental accrual, which was primarily included in Long-term liabilities (in millions of dollars):
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Beginning balance |  | $ | 16.6 |  |  | $ | 17.2 |  |  | $ | 18.6 |
Additional accruals |  | 1.7 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.1 |
Less: expenditures |  | (1.4 | ) |  | (0.9 | ) |  | (1.5 | )
Ending balance |  | $ | 16.9 |  |  | $ | 16.6 |  |  | $ | 17.2 |

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