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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details 5) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified					0 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		0 Months Ended					0 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012 ABL Revolver Prior to the Amendment	Dec. 31, 2011 ABL Revolver Prior to the Amendment	Jan. 17, 2013 9.0 percent notes	Oct. 12, 2012 9.0 percent notes	Dec. 31, 2009 9.0 percent notes	Dec. 31, 2012 9.0 percent notes	Jan. 28, 2013 New Merger Debt Splitco Senior Notes Offering Eagle Spinco Inc. (Splitco)	Jan. 28, 2013 New Merger Debt Senior Secured Term Loan Facility Eagle Spinco Inc. (Splitco) Y	Jan. 28, 2013 New Merger Debt Senior Secured Term Loan Facility Eagle Spinco Inc. (Splitco) Base rate	Jan. 28, 2013 New Merger Debt Senior Secured Term Loan Facility Eagle Spinco Inc. (Splitco) Reserve adjusted Eurodollar Rate	Jan. 28, 2013 New Merger Debt ABL Revolver Prior to the Amendment	Feb. 02, 2013 New Merger Debt Senior notes offering	Jan. 28, 2013 Refinanced Debt ABL Revolver Y	Jan. 28, 2013 Refinanced Debt ABL Revolver U.S. index rates	Jan. 28, 2013 Refinanced Debt ABL Revolver Three-month LIBOR	Jan. 28, 2013 Refinanced Debt ABL Revolver Canadian index rates	Feb. 02, 2013 Tender Offer and Redemption 9.0 percent notes	Feb. 15, 2013 Tender Offer and Redemption 9.0 percent notes	Jan. 28, 2013 Financing	Dec. 31, 2012 Financing	Mar. 31, 2012 Financing	Jan. 28, 2013 Financing Splitco Senior Notes Offering Eagle Spinco Inc. (Splitco)
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Aggregate principal amount of debt issued							$ 500.0		$ 688.0					$ 450.0
Interest rate (as a percent)								9.00%	4.625%					4.875%					9.00%					4.625%
Calendar period following the closing of the notes offering to complete the exchange offer									560 days					560 days
Period after the Closing Date within which option to repay amounts outstanding is available										45 days
Term of debt (in years)										4					5
Variable interest rate basis											Base Rate	reserve adjusted Eurodollar Rate				U.S. index rates	three-months London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR")	Canadian index rates
Variable interest rate margin (as a percent)											1.75%	2.75%
Variable interest rate basis floor (as a percent)											2.00%	1.00%
Effective interest rate on outstanding borrowings (as a percent)										3.75%
Senior secured leverage ratio										3.50
Maximum borrowing capacity													300.0		500.0
Sub-facility for borrowings by the Canadian subsidiaries of the company															200.0
Sub-facility for letters of credit															200.0
Accordion subject to lender commitments															200.0
Fixed charge coverage ratio															1.10
Excess availability under the credit facility that, if less than, requires the entity to comply with a fixed charge coverage ratio															62.5
Consecutive business period of excess availability under the credit facility that, if less than, requires the entity to comply with a fixed charge coverage ratio															3 days
Outstanding borrowings under the credit facility															33
Effective interest rate under the credit facility (as a percent)			4.80%	4.30%											3.75%
Aggregate principal amount of notes accepted for purchase																			444.5	2.3
Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of notes redeemed					99.30%
Aggregate tender price paid for repurchase of notes					502.3	51.5													502.3
Make whole payment included in redemption price					$ 55.4														$ 55.4
Common stock, shares authorized	100,000,000	100,000,000																			200,000,000	100,000,000	100,000,000

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