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Other Expense, Income and Non-Operating Other Income, net (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other Expense, Income and Non-Operating Other Income, Net |
|  | Nine Months Ended |  |  | Three Months Ended |
|  | September 30, |  |  | September 30, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
|  | (In Thousands) |
Other expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Realized and unrealized losses on contractual obligations associated with carbon credits |  | $ | 1,634 |  |  | $ | 546 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Losses on sales and disposals of property and equipment |  |  | 1,414 |  |  |  | 677 |  |  |  | 406 |  |  |  | 677 |
Dismantle and demolition expense (1) |  |  | 559 |  |  |  | 2,364 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 264 |
Miscellaneous penalties |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 806 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 10 |
Miscellaneous expense |  |  | 181 |  |  |  | 314 |  |  |  | 58 |  |  |  | — |
Total other expense |  | $ | 3,794 |  |  | $ | 4,707 |  |  | $ | 467 |  |  | $ | 951 |
Other income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Realized and unrealized gains on carbon credits |  | $ | 1,925 |  |  | $ | 546 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Settlements of litigation and potential litigation (2) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 545 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Gain (losses) on sales and disposals of property and equipment |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (179 | )
Miscellaneous income |  |  | 451 |  |  |  | 624 |  |  |  | 162 |  |  |  | 349 |
Total other income |  | $ | 2,376 |  |  | $ | 1,715 |  |  | $ | 162 |  |  | $ | 170 |
Other expense, net |  | $ | 1,418 |  |  | $ | 2,992 |  |  | $ | 305 |  |  | $ | 781 |
Non-operating other expense (income), net: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest income |  | $ | (262 | ) |  | $ | (64 | ) |  | $ | (88 | ) |  | $ | (52 | )
Miscellaneous income |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Miscellaneous expense |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | 54 |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 18 |
Total non-operating other income, net |  | $ | (242 | ) |  | $ | (10 | ) |  | $ | (89 | ) |  | $ | (34 | )
(1) | Amount relates to the dismantling and demolition of certain plants and equipment at our chemical facilities.
(2) | Amount relates primarily to a settlement reached associated with a class action insurance brokerage antitrust litigation.

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