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Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long term debt	$ 1,731.2		$ 2,684.6
Long-term Debt, Current Maturities	6.5		44.1
Long-term Debt, Gross	1,758.8		3,048.5
Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Combined Amount	1,765.3		3,092.6
Ten Point Zero Percent First Lien Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Secured Debt	0.0		475.9
Ten Point Zero Percent Second Lien Notes (New 2L Notes)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Secured Debt	0.0		242.2
Eleven Point Five Percent First Lien Senior Secured Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Secured Debt	0.0		650.0
Ten Point Zero Percent Second Lien Notes due 2029
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Secured Debt	0.0		175.5
2017 Replacement Term Loan
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Secured Debt	0.0		1,222.1
2018 Replacement Term Loan
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Secured Debt	0.0		326.9
Fourteen Point Seven Five Percent Second-Out Takeback Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Secured Debt	836.4		0.0
Stated interest rate		14.75%
First-Out Takeback Term Loan Due November 2028
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Secured Debt	243.4		0.0
Second-Out Takeback Term Loan Due November 2028
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Secured Debt	685.5		0.0
Senior Notes \| Five Point Five Percent Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Stated interest rate				5.50%
Senior Notes \| Five Point Six Two Five Percent Note
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Stated interest rate				5.625%
Senior Notes \| Ten Point Zero Percent Second Lien Notes (New 2L Notes)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Stated interest rate				10.00%
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] \| Ten Point Zero Percent First Lien Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long term debt	0.0		425.9
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] \| Ten Point Zero Percent Second Lien Notes (New 2L Notes)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long term debt	0.0		216.8
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] \| Eleven Point Five Percent First Lien Senior Secured Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long term debt	0.0		552.6
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] \| Ten Point Zero Percent Second Lien Notes due 2029
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long term debt	0.0		176.7
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] \| Fourteen Point Seven Five Percent Second-Out Takeback Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long term debt	844.4		0.0
Level 2 \| 2017 Replacement Term Loan
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long term debt	0.0		1,037.8
Level 2 \| 2018 Replacement Term Loan
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long term debt	0.0		274.8
Level 2 \| First-Out Takeback Term Loan Due November 2028
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long term debt	232.8		0.0
Level 2 \| Second-Out Takeback Term Loan Due November 2028
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long term debt	$ 654.0		$ 0.0