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Investment in TiO2 Manufacturing Joint Venture and Other Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Investments In And Advances To Affiliates Schedule Of Investments [Abstract] |
Investment in TiO2 Manufacturing Joint Venture and Other Assets | Note 7—Investment in TiO2 manufacturing joint venture and other assets:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 |
|  | (In millions) |
Other assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Land held for development |  | $ | 126.6 |  |  | $ | 129.2 |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents |  |  | 9.9 |  |  |  | 8.9 |
Land contract receivables |  |  | — |  |  |  | 9.1 |
IBNR receivables |  |  | 6.8 |  |  |  | 6.0 |
Note receivables - OPA |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1.9 |
Other |  |  | 26.6 |  |  |  | 12.7 |
Total |  | $ | 169.9 |  |  | $ | 167.8 |
Investment in TiO2 manufacturing joint venture. Our Chemicals Segment owns a 50% interest in Louisiana Pigment Company, L.P. (LPC). LPC is a manufacturing joint venture whose other 50%-owner is Venator Investments LLC (Venator Investments) (formerly Huntsman P&A Investments LLC). Venator Investments is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Venator Group, of which Venator Materials PLC owns 100% and is the ultimate parent. LPC owns and operates a chloride-process TiO 2 plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana. We and Venator Investments are both required to purchase one-half of the TiO2 produced by LPC, unless we and Venator Investments agree otherwise. LPC operates on a break-even basis and, accordingly, we report no equity in earnings of LPC. Each owner’s acquisition transfer price for its share of the TiO2 produced is equal to its share of the joint venture’s production costs and interest expense, if any. Our share of net cost is reported as cost of sales as the related TiO2 acquired from LPC is sold. We report distributions we receive from LPC, which generally relate to excess cash generated by LPC from its non-cash production costs, and contributions we make to LPC, which generally relate to cash required by LPC when it builds working capital, as part of our cash flows from operating activities in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The components of our net cash distributions from (contributions to) LPC are shown in the table below.
|  | Years ended December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 |
|  | (In millions) |
Distributions from LPC |  | $ | 35.0 |  |  | $ | 44.0 |  |  | $ | 34.3 |
Contributions to LPC |  |  | (31.4 | ) |  |  | (50.0 | ) |  |  | (30.3 | )
Net distributions (contributions) |  | $ | 3.6 |  |  | $ | (6.0 | ) |  | $ | 4.0 |
Summary balance sheets of LPC are shown below:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 |
|  | (In millions) |
ASSETS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current assets |  | $ | 104.1 |  |  | $ | 87.0 |
Property and equipment, net |  |  | 116.1 |  |  |  | 119.6 |
Total assets |  | $ | 220.2 |  |  | $ | 206.6 |
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ EQUITY |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other liabilities, primarily current |  | $ | 44.4 |  |  | $ | 41.1 |
Partners’ equity |  |  | 175.8 |  |  |  | 165.5 |
Total liabilities and partners’ equity |  | $ | 220.2 |  |  | $ | 206.6 |
Summary income statements of LPC are shown below:
|  | Years ended December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 |
|  | (In millions) |
Revenues and other income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Kronos |  | $ | 157.5 |  |  | $ | 157.5 |  |  | $ | 165.9 |
Tioxide |  |  | 157.9 |  |  |  | 158.3 |  |  |  | 167.0 |
Total |  |  | 315.4 |  |  |  | 315.8 |  |  |  | 332.9 |
Cost and expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost of sales |  |  | 314.9 |  |  |  | 315.4 |  |  |  | 332.5 |
General and administrative |  |  | .5 |  |  |  | .4 |  |  |  | .4 |
Total |  |  | 315.4 |  |  |  | 315.8 |  |  |  | 332.9 |
Net income |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Land held for development. The land held for development relates to BMI and LandWell and is discussed in Note 1. Land contract receivables. Land contract receivables classified as a noncurrent asset relate to our Real Estate Management and Development Segment. Such receivables relate to certain fees we collect from builders when the builder sells a home to a customer, as discussed in Notes 1 and 20. Notes receivables – OPA. U nder an Owner Participation Agreement (“OPA”) entered into by LandWell with the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Henderson, Nevada, if LandWell develops certain real property for commercial and residential purposes in a master planned community in Henderson, Nevada, the cost of certain public infrastructure may be reimbursed to us through tax increment. The maximum reimbursement under the OPA is $209 million, and is subject to, among other things, completing construction of approved qualifying public infrastructure, transferring title of such infrastructure to the City of Henderson, receiving approval from the Redevelopment Agency of the funds expended to be eligible for tax increment reimbursement and the existence of a sufficient property tax valuation base and property tax rates in order to generate tax increment reimbursement funds. We are entitled to receive 75% of the tax increment generated by the master planned community through 2036, subject to the qualifications and limitations indicated above. Public infrastructure costs previously incurred for which the Redevelopment Agency had provided its approval for tax increment reimbursement but we had not yet received such reimbursement through tax increment receipts aggregated $3.1 million at December 31, 2017 and $2.9 million at December 31, 2018. Such amount is evidenced by a promissory note issued to LandWell by the City of Henderson. Prior to 2018, due to the significant uncertainty of the timing and amount of any of such potential tax increment reimbursements, we recognized any such tax increment reimbursements only when received. However, due to growth in the master planned community and the increase in tax increment funds to which we are entitled, we determined in the first quarter of 2018 we expected the tax increment reimbursements to be collected in the future would at least be sufficient to support recognizing the $3.1 million note payable issued by the City of Henderson to us. The note payable bears interest at 6% annually and the note expires in 2036. Any unpaid balances in 2036 are forfeited. See Note 13. Other. We have certain related party transactions with LPC, as more fully described in Note 17. The IBNR receivables relate to certain insurance liabilities, the risk of which we have reinsured with certain third party insurance carriers. We report the insurance liabilities related to these IBNR receivables which have been reinsured as part of noncurrent accrued insurance claims and expenses. Certain of our insurance liabilities are classified as current liabilities and the related IBNR receivables are classified with other current assets. See Notes 10 and 17.

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