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Other Expense, Other Income and Non-Operating Other Income (Expense), net (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Other Expense, Other Income and Non-Operating Other Income (Expense), net [Abstract] |
Other Expense, Other Income and Non-Operating Other Income, net |
|  | Six Months Ended June 30, |  |  | Three Months Ended June 30, |
| 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
|  |  |  | (In Thousands) |  |  |  |
Other expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Losses on sales and disposals of property and equipment |  | $ | 551 |  |  | $ | 895 |  |  | $ | 536 |  |  | $ | 914 |
Losses on contractual obligations associated with carbon credits |  |  | — |  |  |  | 936 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 896 |
Miscellaneous expense (1) |  |  | 171 |  |  |  | 552 |  |  |  | 19 |  |  |  | 511 |
Total other expense |  | $ | 722 |  |  | $ | 2,383 |  |  | $ | 555 |  |  | $ | 2,321 |
Other income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gains on carbon credits |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,030 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 990 |
Settlements of litigation and potential litigation (2) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 757 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 10 |
Miscellaneous income (1) |  |  | 348 |  |  |  | 190 |  |  |  | 112 |  |  |  | 105 |
Total other income |  | $ | 348 |  |  | $ | 1,977 |  |  | $ | 112 |  |  | $ | 1,105 |
Non-operating other income (expense), net: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest income |  | $ | 48 |  |  | $ | 41 |  |  | $ | 24 |  |  | $ | 17 |
Miscellaneous income (1) |  |  | 263 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 263 |  |  |  | — |
Miscellaneous expense (1) |  |  | (39 | ) |  |  | (36 | ) |  |  | (20 | ) |  |  | (19 | )
Total non-operating other income (expense), net |  | $ | 272 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 267 |  |  | $ | (2 | )
(1) | Amounts represent numerous unrelated transactions, none of which are individually significant requiring separate disclosure.
(2) | Amount relates primarily to settlements reached with certain vendors of our Chemical Business.

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