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	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) item	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) item	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) item
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of times shares issued for each performance share settlement \| item			1	1	1
Grant date fair value of PSUs			$ 5.0	$ 4.4	$ 4.4
Compensation expense	$ 0.1	$ (0.1)	0.7	$ 0.8
Unrecognized compensation expense	$ 4.5		$ 4.5
Weighted-average remaining life			1 year 10 months 24 days
Performance share units \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of Target PSUs that can be earned			0.00%
Performance share units \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of Target PSUs that can be earned			1.75%
Peer Group Outside of Top 10 \| Performance share units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of Target Amount Earned			0.00%
Peer Group Top 10 \| Performance share units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of Target Amount Earned			50.00%
Peer Group Top 7 \| Performance share units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of Target Amount Earned			100.00%
Peer Group Top 3 \| Performance share units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of Target Amount Earned			175.00%
Adjusted FCF Performance Percentage Less than 70% \| Performance share units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of Target Amount Earned			0.00%
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of Target Amount Earned			50.00%
Adjusted FCF Performance Percentage 100% \| Performance share units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of Target Amount Earned			100.00%
Adjusted FCF Performance Percentage 130% \| Performance share units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of Target Amount Earned			175.00%
Return On Assets 5%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of Target PSUs that can be earned			5.00%	5.00%
Percentage of Target Amount Earned			5.00%
Adjusted EBITDA Threshold Met \| Performance share units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage			100.00%