Cash Dominion Event, Credit Availability Threshold Percentage

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- Definition

Debt Covenant, Borrowing Base Percentage, Triggering Event for Ratio Enablement

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- Definition

The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 460

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248

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- Definition

Amount borrowed under the credit facility as of the balance sheet date.

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

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19, 22

-Article 5

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19, 22

-Article 5

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- Definition

Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Revolving Credit Facility (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	May 03, 2014	May 03, 2014 Standby Letter of Credit [Member]	May 03, 2014 Standby Letter of Credit [Member] Bank of America Credit Facility [Member]	Feb. 21, 2014 Accordion Feature [Member]	Feb. 21, 2014 Increase in Existing Facility [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 Previous Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Feb. 21, 2014 First Amendment to Facility [Member]	Feb. 21, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Feb. 21, 2014 First-In, Last-Out Revolving Loan Facility [Member]	Feb. 21, 2014 Letter of Credit [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 Previous Accordion Feature [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity on revolving credit line				$ 50.0	$ 25.0	$ 175.0	$ 230.0	$ 200.0	$ 30.0	$ 40.0	$ 75.0
Debt Covenant, Borrowing Base Percentage, Triggering Event for Ratio Enablement	10.00%
Cash Dominion Event, Credit Availability Threshold Percentage	12.50%
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding	8.5
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity	174.4
Outstanding letter of credit		$ 0.2	$ 0.2