FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Carrying Value
Estimated fair values of financial instruments
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 143,366	$ 94,681
Restricted Cash	1,458	1,457
Long-term debt, including current portion, excluding discount	1,635,329	1,581,951
Fair Value
Estimated fair values of financial instruments
Cash and cash equivalents	143,366	94,681
Restricted Cash	1,458	1,457
Long-term debt, including current portion, excluding discount	$ 1,623,487	$ 1,564,364

Fair value portion of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Cash
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6506951

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Cash Equivalents
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6507016

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