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Discontinued Operations and Divestitures (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
Discontinued Operations and Divestitures [Abstract] |
Results of discontinued operations | The following table summarizes the results of discontinued operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012. The operating results of discontinued operations are included in our Consolidated Statements of Operations as part of our “Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes.”
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, |  |  | Six Months Ended June 30, |
(Amounts in Thousands) |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Net revenues |  | $ | 809 |  |  | $ | 599 |  |  | $ | 1,472 |  |  | $ | 1,215 |
Interest expense |  | $ | (9 | ) |  | $ | (9 | ) |  | $ | (13 | ) |  | $ | (17 | )
Operating income (loss) from discontinued operations |  | $ | 67 |  |  | $ | (86 | ) |  | $ | 26 |  |  | $ | (294 | )
Income tax expense (benefit) |  | $ | 24 |  |  | $ | (26 | ) |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | (96 | )
Income (loss) from discontinued operations |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | (60 | ) |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | (198 | )
Disclosure of asset and liabilities of discontinued operations Held-for-sale | The following table presents the major classes of assets and liabilities of discontinued operations that are classified as held for sale as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012. The held for sale assets and liabilities may differ at the closing of a sale transaction from the reported balances as of June 30, 2013:
(Amounts in Thousands) |  | June 30, 2013 |  |  | December 31, 2012 |
Accounts receivable, net (1) |  | $ | 578 |  |  | $ | 391 |
Inventories |  |  | 37 |  |  |  | 32 |
Other assets |  |  | 16 |  |  |  | 16 |
Property, plant and equipment, net (2) |  |  | 1,616 |  |  |  | 1,614 |
Total assets held for sale |  | $ | 2,247 |  |  | $ | 2,053 |
Accounts payable |  | $ | 341 |  |  | $ | 229 |
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |  |  | 544 |  |  |  | 528 |
Note payable |  |  | 53 |  |  |  | 71 |
Environmental liabilities |  |  | 1,373 |  |  |  | 1,373 |
Total liabilities held for sale |  | $ | 2,311 |  |  | $ | 2,201 |
| (1) | net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $25,000 and $45,000 as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.
| (2) | net of accumulated depreciation of $60,000 for each period presented.
Disclosure of assets and liabilities of discontinued operations not held for sale | The following table presents the major classes of assets and liabilities of discontinued operations that are not held for sale as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012:
(Amounts in Thousands) |  | June 30, 2013 |  |  | December 31, 2012 |
Other assets |  | $ | 55 |  |  | $ | 60 |
Total assets of discontinued operations |  | $ | 55 |  |  | $ | 60 |
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |  | $ | 796 |  |  | $ | 884 |
Accounts payable |  |  | 15 |  |  |  | 15 |
Environmental liabilities |  |  | 195 |  |  |  | 241 |
Total liabilities of discontinued operations |  | $ | 1,006 |  |  | $ | 1,140 |

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