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INCOME TAXES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

INCOME TAXES [Abstract]

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

The tax effects of significant temporary differences representing deferred income tax assets and liabilities were as follows:

	September 30, 2012				December 31, 2011
	(Thousands of Dollars)
Deferred income tax assets:
Net operating losses	$	24,552			$	17,089
Environmental and legal reserves	216				14,822
Capital loss	1,712				1,044
Valuation allowance	(71		)		(1,161		)
Total deferred income tax assets	26,409				31,794
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Property, plant and equipment	(54,184		)		(57,392		)
Other	(996		)		(698		)
Total deferred income tax liabilities	(55,180		)		(58,090		)
Net deferred income tax liability	$	(28,771	)		$	(26,296	)
Reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as:
Deferred income tax asset	$	2,080			$	9,141
Deferred income tax liability	(30,851		)		(35,437		)
Net deferred income tax liability	$	(28,771	)		$	(26,296	)

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the components of net deferred tax asset or liability recognized in an entity's statement of financial position, including the following: the total of all deferred tax liabilities, the total of all deferred tax assets, the total valuation allowance recognized for deferred tax assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32537-109319

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