ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION Narrative 3 (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both [Line Items]
Insurance proceeds	$ 87.5
Business Interruption Loss From Hurricane [Member]
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both [Line Items]
Insurance proceeds		$ 9.1
Other Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Member]
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both [Line Items]
Gain from insurance proceeds		$ 78.8

Amount of insurance proceeds for an event or transaction that is unusual in nature or infrequent in occurrence, or both.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64828382&loc=d3e15138-107781

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