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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that the Company could incur over an estimated remediation period.

No definition available.

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Estimated time frame of disbursements over which remediation efforts are estimated to occur for an individual site.

No definition available.

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The percentage of costs that the entity has agreed to under cost-sharing arrangements with other potentially responsible parties for an individual site.

No definition available.

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Total costs accrued as of the balance sheet date for environmental loss contingencies.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

No definition available.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

No definition available.